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Power Pop, Pop Rock, Rock,
Limited edition DIGI pack CD kiadvány, 2024-es album.
The new double-length album from The Half-Cubes on CD in a DigiPak.
Big Stir Records is thrilled to announce one of the most keenly-awaited power pop releases of the year: POP TREASURES, the new album by THE HALF-CUBES, out September 13 on CD. A sequel to last year’s hit classic covers collection Pop Masters from Power Pop Hall Of Famers The Flashcubes, POP TREASURES is literally half the ‘Cubes delivering twice the pop, packed with 24 new versions of hooks-and-harmony-fueled gems from the dawn of the rock era to the 21st Century and a bounty of guest shots from the original artists.
THE HALF-CUBES – vocalist-bassist GARY FRENAY and drummer-producer TOMMY ALLEN – had made their bow and their vow to carry on the “covering the classics” mission of their long-time main project The Flashcubes while that band’s Pop Masters album was still winning critical accolades and international airplay last year. Enlisting the permanent assistance of guitarist RANDY KLAWON (The Choir, Cyrus Erie), the duo signaled their ambitions to dive even deeper into the ocean of guitar pop cult classics with the hit indie single “Weakest Shade Of Blue”, a Pernice Brothers tune (featuring Bob Pernice) of a far more recent vintage than the Pop Masters songbook.
The surprises continued on singles paying tribute to ’70s hitmakers The Hudson Brothers (with brother Mark Hudson on board), ’80s college rock darlings The Pursuit Of Happiness (featuring TPOH frontman Moe Berg) and fellow Power Pop Hall Of Famers The Rubinoos, whose own Jon Rubin and Tommy Dunbar joined in as well. Fans were also treated to ‘Cubes-only renditions of beloved-but-obscure cuts by The Motors (by way of The Searchers), Cheap Trick, Phil Seymour and 20/20… tracks celebrating seven artists across five decades and demonstrating that The Half-Cubes were doubling down to the delight of pop fans worldwide.
The album is a dizzying spin through Gary and Tommy’s self-stocked jukebox, and as much as it stands as a giddy listening experience on its own, THE HALF-CUBES view it as giving back to the music that’s sustained them throughout their own nearly-five-decade-long careers in rock and pop. “This album is our own personal ‘pop mix tape’ of songs we have always loved,” they say. “But the twist is rather than just sharing them on a cassette or a CD burn, we are recording our own versions with help from many musical friends including – in many cases – some of the artists who made the records in the first place. Feel free to share the magic with others.” We at Big Stir Records are happy to be sharing POP TREASURES with you, and we can’t wait for you to hear the whole story of THE HALF-CUBES.
The Half-Cubes are:
Tommy Allen – drums, percussion, vocals, bells & whistles
Gary Frenay – bass, lead vocals & acoustic guitars
Randy Klawon – electric & acoustic guitars
With Fernando Perdomo – electric guitars (3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 18 & 19)
Felvételek:
TRACK LIST with ORIGINAL ARTISTS and FEATURED GUESTS:
1. Love’s Melody (The Motors)
2. Weakest Shade Of Blue (Pernice Brothers) (feat. Bob Pernice)
3. The Dean & I (10cc)
4. For Life (Bertolf) (feat. Bertolf)
5. I Live (Jason Falkner)
6. My Girl (Eric Carmen) (feat. Darian Sahanaja, Matt Jardine & Jim Laspesa)
7. Precious To Me (Phil Seymour)
8. You Were So Warm (Dwight Twilley) (feat. Danny Malone)
9. The Girl (Rubinoos) (feat: Jon Rubin & Tommy Dunbar)
10. The Things That We Say (Beagle) (feat. Magnus Börjeson)
11. Not Where It’s At (Del Amitri)
12. Spinning The Wheel (Hudson Brothers) (feat. Mark Hudson)
13. She’s So Young (The Pursuit of Happiness) (feat. Moe Berg)
14. Souvenir (Orchestral Manoeuveres in the Dark)
15. Someday (Eric Carmen)
16. Jane (Van Duren) (feat. Van Duren)
17. Let Me Make Love To You (Flo & Eddie)
18. All For A Reason (Alessi Brothers) (feat. Nick Frenay & Billy & Bobby Alessi)
19. Heaven’s Falling (Cheap Trick)
20. Disappearing (Sinceros) (feat. Jonn Savannah)
21. Jet Lag (20/20)
22. Make You Cry (Sighs) (feat. Bobby Laroche, Tommy Pluta, Matt Cullen, Tom Borowski)
23. Tell Someone You Love Them (Dino, Desi & Billy) (feat. Rob Bonfiglio)
24. Best Days On Earth (Trashcan Sinatras)
(Produced by Tommy Allen)
(Barcode: 0697566065026)
