Fresno, CA power pop quintet Blake Jones & The Trike Shop are dipping their toes into art rock on their new album and still.... Imagine Roxy Music and Sparks having a ball with Big Star, while they sing about record stores, the opposite sex, and worrying about fascism getting more fashionable in the US.
The accessible melodies on top of adventurous time signatures - XTC comes to mind - and the gentle howl of the theremin might cause some head scratching at first for some, but their fragments always fit and could not have been connected in any other way to make sense.
Blake Jones & The Trike Shop:
Blake Jones: vocals, guitar, theremin
Mike Snowden: bass
John Shafer: drums
Mike Scott: guitar, vocals
Scott Hatfield: keyboard, vocals
and still... is released via Big Stir Records (vinyl, CD, digital).
Tracks:- Record Cover Girl
- Fascist Bumblebee Winter Formal
- Mock Stoner Voices
- Used Record Stores
- Dreaming About Sleeping
- You Put Theremin On My Hype Sticker
- String Lights And Hold On
- What's Enough
- The Queen Is Dead
- Mr. Saturday Sun
- Shake Your Dress
- We Love The Tower
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