– and Badfinger, and the Move, and the Searchers, all rolled together and reincarnated in their prime. Singer-writers Kenneth Stringfellow and Jonathan Auer have the nasal choirboy vocal sound and classy melodic moves of the Hollies down pat, especially on "Suddenly Mary," which sounds like a golden gasser from some parallel Sixties universe. When they rev up the rhythm and the guitars, as on "My Big Mouth" and "Help Yourself," visions of all manner of fab foursomes, from the Beatles to the Raspberries, Big Star and Cheap Trick, are sure to dance in your head. (RS 595)

DAVID FRICKE