release date: Aug. 1985
format: digital
[album rate: 2,5 / 5] [2,38]
producer: Tom Mallon
label: Grifter Records - nationality: USA
Track highlights: 1. "Room Above the Club" - 3. "Away Down My Street" - 8. "Tell Yourself"
Studio debut album by American Music Club, who at this early point was a quintet consisting of songwriter (and undisputed leader), lead vocalist and guitarist Mark Eitzel, lead guitarist Vudi [Mark Pankler], keyboardist Brad Johnson, bassist Dan Pearson and with Matt Norelli on drums.
Compared to later albums by the band this has its own style of pop / rock without the distinct style of slow rock / slowcore and alt. folk. Also, the best track might be "Tell Yourself", which is anything but a track one would associate with American Music Club with its up-tempo beat. Generally, the keyboard and guitar are more in focus on the album, and the songs simply lack songwriting and musical quality to make it more than than a mediocre release.
[ allmusic.com 2 / 5 stars ]
