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SIMON FELTON - Surrender Dorothy; SIMON FELTON - Surrender Dorothy
Topic Started: Aug 8 2011, 01:30 PM (483 Views)
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SIMON FELTON
Surrender Dorothy

Pink Hedgehog 2011

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Simon Felton, the uberleutnant of Pink Hedgehog Records has returned with his second solo CD, following on from the 2009 release "Failing in Biology". That was a rather nice set of psych pop songs, and working on the principle that it ain't broke, there's more of the same here, albeit with a few more reflective ballads than in the days of yore. Age must be catching up with him, just like the rest of us.

To aid him in his quest for the elusive sound of sixties classic psych, he's brought along Alan Strawbridge from Schnauser and American psych guitarist Anton Barbeau to do most of yer actual playing, while himself concentrates on the singing. And it really is rather splendid, especially when Mr Strawbridge goes a bit mentalist on the keyboard side, throwing mellotrons, wurlizters and synths as and when required. It's probably more commercial than his main gig with Garfield's Birthday, and there's a barrowload of tunes here, that would sound great on the radiogram, if only there were any shows left to play proper music (although you may want to investigate my Eclectic Mix show towards the end of September on GRTR Radio - egotistical plug out*).

The best of the bunch are the poptastic 'Marbles' and 'Surprise', but I did find myself warming to the ballads after a few repeat plays, with 'Slowing Down' probably just edging out 'Finally' as my favourite. Overall, it's not a million miles away from his first CD, and if you didn't buy that one, then you are even more of a mug than I thought. It's tasteful, proper grown up music, but with enough left field arrangements to keep the more arty farty folks on board.

With at least half a dozen songs on repeat play, you should do yourself a favour and check it out. You can buy the CD from Amazon or get it direct from Mr Felton at http://www.pinkhedgehog.com/shopdorothy.htm so he can hold on to more of your cash.

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