Tuesday, August 28, 2007
 

Those of you in Austin need to be planning for this on Saturday.  I know I've already mentioned it, but I'm so certain that it's going to be amazingly fun that I will probably bring it up a few times before the week is over; this way you know I mean it.  Anyhow, after spending a lot of time lately listening to that Plastic Operator track from yesterday's EP I finally found some more electo-pop that's worthy of the same amount of praise.  It comes from Greg Summerlin, a guy who use to be in an alt-country band in the late 90s called the Quinsonics.  I find that to be more that a slight change of styles, but I guess it's all about whatever works.  Greg's latest full length, All Done In Good Time, is due out October 2 and it's said to be a nice companion piece to the Who's Tommy.  Enjoy.

:Greg Summerlin - Unlucky In Love:  You may notice that this sounds less like the Who and more like New Order dipped in sunshine.  But, the sound isn't what really needs to pointed out, the lyrics are.  After all, they share the most similarities with Tommy in how they tell a story about a cast of characters.  In particular, the tale to be told here is about two people named Polly and Jimmy who rekindle a friendship that was abruptly cutoff after a series of dramatic happenings.  Yeah, eat your heart out Lifetime Network.

:Greg Summerlin - Just Listen Tonight:  The press release notes that the album has a wide variety of sounds, but I really wasn't expecting such a brisk piece of vintage pop rock to follow up the electro-pop style of the song above.  Once again though, the sound isn't really where you need to focus your attention.  Lyrically, this one deals with Polly and her shaky relationship with her father, Mr. Shields.  There are boy/girl vocals that work well in helping the story along, but lines like: "Leave me alone/I don't want to know/Just listen tonight" do the trick on their own.

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