Wednesday, September 15, 2021

The 1980 Listening Post - Elektrics - Current Events

 Elektrics - Current Events



1980 Housekeeping

The Elektrics

Current Events

Genre: Power Pop/Rock

4.5 out of 5



Highlights:

Some Lovin’ Tonight

We Are Americans

Time After Time

Indifferent

Tonight


Sometimes you just get a record that is filled with good songs. And there’s no two ways about that. 

The album isn’t a concept record, it’s not destined to alter the way we think about a genre, it’s just solid. 

The Producers come to mind. 

The Late Show. 

Welcome Interstate Managers by Fountains of Wayne.

There’s a host of great records that are collections like this.


This is one of those records.


I don’t know much about The Elektrics. I know that I adored their follow-up.

The glam pop of the opening track gives way to sax driven pub rock and the energy of tracks like “Indifferent” and pummeling “Tonight”. I could do without the Devo-esque “Plastic Sound”.



These guys get dumped into the whole Knacklash of 1980 but, actually, I think they are better songwriters than anyone really knew and, dammit, where did they all go?


Well, Marco Delmar is a hotshot record producer. In know that much




https://music.apple.com/us/album/current-events/1307186771

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