Here We Are is the new amazing Gypsy Moths album
It's a double album jammed with tunes!
This album isn't just a tribute to your cool aunt and uncle's record collection, this is a tribute to what the future of music should be all about. Rock and roll that is
sinewy and has just the right amount of teeth and is looking at the present as well as the past. This is the album the Rolling Stones wish they could write today.
Yes, some of these songs appeared on the Gypsy Moths recent EP, but I don't care. They slot in well with the rest of these songs.
1. And You Know I Do - Sunshine pop at the finest level. Jumping and bobbing along.
2. Still I Recall - A breezy joy recalling the beautiful soul songs of the late 60's/ early70s'. Wonderful guitar work.
3. Leave You With This - Singer Steve O'Brien is a vocal chameleon. I didn't even recognise him at points during this song and I think that's great when a musician can surprise you with their skill.
4. Heart To Break - If I had a heart to break... Another fine example of guitarist Chris Conway's skills.
5. Rubber Dubber -A song about bootleg records!? Yes!!! This is a glorious ode to the maniacs and pirates who would record shows for fun and occasionally for profit.
How amazing to describe the whole thing in a song! A pirate's record shop sets sail!!!! This track is worth the whole album.
6. Fall of Sam Tully (C and Third) - We go from a story of record pirates to a suspected pirate hanging in 1812 in South Boston. Gorgeous keys on this track.
7. Train Tickets - What is it about trains that make such great songs and stories? If you want the answer to that question listen to this track.
8. Fold Up The Air - A classic example of psych pop. The guitar is killer. Close up the sky. The keys on this one too... just sublime.
9. Last Night at the Pickwick - A song about the collapse of the Pickwick theatre in MA. The Moths excel at giving us charming history songs about tragedies. I don't know if I can ever explain how they do it and do it so well, but here it is regardless. Conway turns in another excellent karate chop of a guitar solo and by that I mean, its quick and hits you just the right way.
10. She Doesn't Love You -Some gorgeous slide guitar work on this one! A... non love song, here to pick us up after the last tune.
11. Better Beware - Nice breathy FX on this track. It's not the end of the world but you can see it from here.... genius!
12. Like We Used To Do - Jazzy, loungey, this one has got it. Reminds me of Frank Sinatra after having just the right amount of cocktails. A gem! Meant for a nice slow dance.
13. Tell Me She's Alright - Tell me she's in love, so I can go... The last line.... wow. This is such a potent song! Gets me every time. The change at the end too... grand!
14. Cover For Me - Fun! This song is a real good turn around after the heavy vibe of the last one. Ridiculously fun line in this one, "I go home alone with my xylophone!".
15. Go On Forever - Good riff on this track! Nice rock and waltzing feel. Great thick keyboard sound.
16. Invisible Stickball Paint - Love that intro beat. Drink an ocean dry... You can feel this song whenever you stare at your record collection.
17. Maybe You're Dreaming - Nice use of vocal FX track. Good backing vocals too. Reminds me of what the Beach Boys could do so well. There's some tasty jangling guitar here too.
18. All That I Can - A dark juke joint song. The kind that makes the jukebox shake with fear and joy when you play it.
19. He Really Must - Another rocking tune. The keys on this one really shine. Nice keyboard outro.
20. Washashore - A ballad! Feels like a dream of a song playing late night on a white sand beach even though its the Winter.
21. Ship To Shore - "Clocks run faster than I can" Great lyrics!
22. Rock-Ola 444 - A song about music and its got a solid dance groove. A nice fun song before the heavy one coming up.
23. Shots And Prayers -A song that shouldn't have to be written but needed to be created. Why the hell are we here? The innocent go underground. This song is the truth. I am so tired of living in the world capital of mass shootings. Thank you Moths for writing this much needed song. Chris Conway's guitar solo is perfectly deft. Get down. Listen!
24. Before The Lights Went Out - A nice refresher after the heaviness of the last tune, but wait it isn't. It's a beautiful song about lost friends. This is the beauty of the Gypsy Moths they make you feel. So much music doesn't have depth or feeling but the Moths push all the emotions to the foreground. This is truly beautiful song.
25. Looking For You - The album closer and a long song! A nice end to this double album. This song stretches out well and doesn't overstay its welcome conclusion.
The production on the whole album is lush and emphasises just what the listener wants to hear at the right moment.
If Massachusetts was an album, this would be it.
Yours in great rock and roll,
Count Robot
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