Sydney
group The City Lights have released their second album, 'El Sol',
where, even more than the first time, they sound like several groups
rolled into one, a pop band with trumpet solo on one track, dirty
and gritty like the Saints on another. And it's no wonder really,
because the band members DO come from several other bands, as a
sideline the first time, fitting in the sessions whenever various
schedules allowed, but this time, with a radically changed line-up,
focused as a result of a concentrated time together following tour
dates in Spain. Leading the group is James Roden whose last band
the John Reed Club were considered contenders but somehow never
made it big. His big brother Harry has taken over main bass duties
in the City Lights. Harry's also responsible for a couple of cheesy
TV-theme like instrumentals on 'El Sol', part of the diversity and
entertainment. There's a sixties influence throughout, the pop side
of the Who and the Kinks, the way they might be performed by a band
with punkish leanings.
Sydney
group The City Lights have released their second album, 'El Sol',
where, even more than the first time, they sound like several groups
rolled into one, a pop band with trumpet solo on one track, dirty
and gritty like the Saints on another. And it's no wonder really,
because the band members DO come from several other bands, as a
sideline the first time, fitting in the sessions whenever various
schedules allowed, but this time, with a radically changed line-up,
focused as a result of a concentrated time together following tour
dates in Spain. Leading the group is James Roden whose last band
the John Reed Club were considered contenders but somehow never
made it big. His big brother Harry has taken over main bass duties
in the City Lights. Harry's also responsible for a couple of cheesy
TV-theme like instrumentals on 'El Sol', part of the diversity and
entertainment. There's a sixties influence throughout, the pop side
of the Who and the Kinks, the way they might be performed by a band
with punkish leanings.