About 3 weeks ago, I got an email out of the blue from a J Nowik asking me, “Where can I mail the latest boolevards cd for review?” That was both the subject line and the body of the email.
I don’t get a lot of request to review music, but I decided to look up Chicago based The Boolevards and give a quick listen to see if they were something I thought that Beatles freaks would enjoy listening to and if I thought their sound had that Fab Four influence that we all enjoy so much.
Well, Cats and Kittens, get out your saddle shoes and step on up to the dance floor because you’re about to be transported back to the 60s and the best pop sounds running right up to modern day power pop.
Not only is there the Beatles influence in the opening measures of “Last Night“, but there are tunes that will give you a vibe going back to the Go Go’s hits of the 1980s. And there is even an instrumental, “On The Run“, that hints at the 1966 version of “Walk, Don’t Run” by The Ventures.
I’ve posted a link to “Last Night” on YouTube so you can hear the Beatles influence, but it’s not even close to the quality of listening to it from the CD in my car with 6 speakers.
Personally, my favorite song off of “Real Pop Radio” is called Pedestal. For those of us that like to live in the past when singers weren’t screaming, talking or using profanity, and we could actually hear the lyrics, this song hits the sweet spot!
Even The Boolevards Bandcamp page can’t do this album justice on my laptop. The closest I came to a hearing it best online is via Amazon, so pop on over there and give a listen. I think you’ll be impressed.
In fact, just buy yourself the album whether you get a digital download or CD and slip on your headphones and rock away for a while. And for that reason…
I rate this album, 3 out of 4 Beetles!
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