- Label: 'Think Like A Key Music'
- Genre: 'Sixties'
- Release Date: '28.6.24.'- Catalogue No: 'TLAK 1178'
Our Rating:
Retro Metro is the eleventh album by one man band Super Metro, who on this album is stone cold in love with the classic boy band era 1961-66, lots of clean-cut songs that in later periods would be described as Power Pop, everything is heavily indebted to pre 1967 work by The Beatles and other Merseybeat boy bands. Super 8 is the brainchild of Paul 'Trip' Ryan.
This album sets out its stall with Retro Metro Theme that takes us back to the classic Merseybeat Boyband era, in this case instrumentally keyboard driven with a love of The Shadows.
Keep Doing It adds cool harmony vocals on a sappy pop song that only differs from the songs actually recorded in the 60's, by being made by one person rather than a band on this sweet love song.
Take It From Me you'll miss him when he's gone, even though you may actually be relieved, that this guy stuck in the past is gone, so you can find someone with more modern tastes. This is super catchy with sappy backing vocals, while touching all the 60's pop touchstones it can.
Lies is a sappy pop song telling us that he's done with all your lies, well of course she's been lying about loving listening to Gerry & The Pacemaker demos, had it with evenings of discussing your favourite 60's pop stars.
Almost Anything you can say or do will not save this love, as she's going to ask you to live in the 21st century rather than the mid 60's, but you insist that your dinner tastes better cooked on a baby belling and TV is better in Black & White, so allow him to convince you without namechecking Del Shannon.
Mary Jane is wistful song that feels autumnal almost Byrds like, his Mary Jane doesn't sound like the variety you smoke, unless he has spent weeks trying to connect, as she frowns at him once more, does he still have that Beatles bowl haircut.
You Look Right Through Me jangles with despair that she see's all your retro clothes and has this blank look on her face, wondering where you found the Blakey's on your shoes, that crinoline shirt, the velvet suit, yet your still obsessed by her.
Tell It Like It Is well I sort of have been, even if I am being cheeky in this review, but really this album is far too in hock to the early 60's for my tastes. It is however a great album if that's your bag.
Every Word Is True cleaves to the lyrical concerns of the 60's of how you only ever tell the lust of your life the truth, you'll emphasise this with a harmonica solo to make sure she knows your as genuine as early Dylan, ignore the doubters and let him into your life, but remember you will need to be prepared to use rollers in your hair at night, if you wish to keep him happy.
Just A Song another song that sounds like it loves hazy shades of winter, warm production, close harmonies and sweet pleading love imploring that girl to give in to you.
Another Me might be possible, where you step forwards into the modern world, will it happen, well not on this song it won't, he has that feeling once more that 1964 is his happy place.
Just Me & You not even a dog named Sue will get in the way, he won't let you go, like he is in danger of being accused of coercive control, but no he is a sweet sweet lover, who will be with you till the end of time.
The album closes with Just A Song Reprise a 30 second transposition of the song into a Simon & Garfunkel style folk pop hit.
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