Tuesday, March 3, 2009

The Explorers Club - Freedom Wind



1. Forever 
2. Honey, I Don’t Know Why 
3. Don’t Forget The Sun 
4. Lost My Head 
5. Do You Love Me? 
6. Summer Air 
7. If You Go 
8. In The Country 
9. Safe Distance 
10. Hold Me Tight 
11. Last Kiss 
12. Freedom Wind

Freedom Wind is The Explorers Club’s debut album. The Beach Boys are the obvious touchstone, but dig a bit deeper and you’ll hear flourishes of Paul McCartney,The Byrds, Emitt Rhodes, ELO and doo-wop. Embracing a pop blueprint from a time when great songs were played on the radio and everybody loved them all, The Explorers Club has produced one of the sweetest pop records you're likely to hear this year. Whether it's the soaring harmonies of “Forever,” the playful psychedelia of “In the Country,” or the classic choruses of “Do You Love Me?” or “Last Kiss,”  
The Explorers Club consistently displays a knack for writing undeniably catcy pop songs that drip with youth and exuberance. The lush arrangements and cushy four-part harmonies are complemented here by an ensemble of guitars, accordion, banjo, mandolin, organs, piano, lap steel guitars and more.The Explorers Club hails from Charlestown, South Carolina. Twenty-six-year-oldJason Brewer does the songwriting and arranging, while the complex vocal harmonies come courtesy of James Faust, Wally Reddington, and David Ellis. Filling out the instrumental sound of The Explorers Club on organ and drums, respectively, areStefan Rogenmoser and Neil Thomas.

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