{"id":1786,"date":"2010-01-10T14:38:51","date_gmt":"2010-01-10T21:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=1786"},"modified":"2010-01-10T14:38:51","modified_gmt":"2010-01-10T21:38:51","slug":"lonely-london-lad-strikes-again-in-a-very-cool-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2010\/01\/10\/lonely-london-lad-strikes-again-in-a-very-cool-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Lonely London Lad strikes again-& in a very cool way!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lonely London Lad
\nFoaming at the Mouth
\nLonely London Lad Records
\n2009
\nReview By Kent Manthie<\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This, the second offering from Lonely London Lad, Foaming at the Mouth<\/em>, is the newest in a brave new world of pop\/indie\/underground music (not necessarily in that order), is an awesome follow up to their eponymous debut, which was quite a feat that, for lesser mortals, would\u2019ve been hard to measure up to, if not surpass.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Foaming at the Mouth<\/em> takes the listener on a different track. Whereas their double-CD eponymous debut was a real mind-blower, a trippy, slower, but still confident record that stretched many musical boundaries which gave them plenty of time and space to let loose the magic in their minds that was written down and then recorded, Foaming at the Mouth<\/em> is a bit more upbeat and, if I may say so myself, a little more self-confident, as if they realized they did get it right the first time, so now, what the hell, keep on with the eclecticism that marked their debut. Like I said, this one\u2019s a bit more uptempo, at least in places, but they still use the vivid imagination that is their to have put together a (just one disc this time) album full of new sounds that I really can\u2019t compare to anyone, it\u2019s so original.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Some of the tunes that stick out and differentiate LLL from their brilliant debut include the first cut, \u201cMen\u201d, \u201cJohn Wayne\u201d, which is a humorous take on the macho-ness of the late tough guy who died of lung cancer in the late 70s. \u201cChain Gang\u201d is also a danceable treat that grooves throughout and \u201cHollow Men\u201d has this retro, 1960s vibe to it, like, say, from 1966 when bands like the Zombies, The Animals and Love were all over Sunset Blvd. making the scene. \u201cMr. Jones\u201d is another groove that has this drumbeat which has a feel like a horseback ride, you keep waiting for a whip to crack. But otherwise its catchiness is so neo-psychedelic, which is really what I\u2019d describe the whole of Foaming at the Mouth – a retro trip through that decade of paradigm shifts and the beginning of the end of trust in the US, at least – trust in \u201cleaders\u201d and so-called \u201cgreat men\u201d – after the fiasco of Vietnam, the fire hosing and sic-ing of dogs on civil rights protesters as well as the Klan-connected murders of three white Freedom Riders, condoned with the Klan-connected version of the law in the ultra racist, hateful Deep South.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Instead of doing the usual 60s retro thing by being neo-psychedelic and trying to be like Jimi, Cream, Morrison or the Dead, LLL go the route of the more pop-oriented, aforementioned bands, but also in there I here a little bit of Arthur Lee\u2019s Love, which couldn\u2019t get more psychedelic, as I remember reading somewhere, years ago that Lee, after a while, was \u201con LSD 24 hours a day\u2026\u201d LLL don’t dwell on the past but create a future of indie-pop-neo psych-out that really stretches the mind.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I could go on, deconstructing each song on here, which are all very well done and nods to the keyboard-infused danceable 60s stuff, really hold their own here. In fact, I am at a loss for words to compare this to any band that\u2019s around in their heyday in today\u2019s music world.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 So, kudos to Lonely London Lad and I must add that that tinny keyboard really adds a sonic groove which heightens the experience all that more. I honestly cannot find a single criticism that I can articulate. Although, give it to some critic who\u2019s much more jaded and I\u2019m sure that they\u2019ll always find something to snipe about, well, to hell with them!
\n\u00a0\u00a0 Rock on and here\u2019s to the future!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> – KM<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,573],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","category-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13142,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2016\/01\/11\/david-bowie-dies-one-week-after-releasing-final-album\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786,"position":0},"title":"David Bowie Dies One Week After Releasing Final Album","author":"Reviewer Rob","date":"January 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"David Robert Jones; 8 January 1947 \u2013 10 January 2016) No More A Lad Insane, A Week After Final Album Release Goodbye Ziggy Stardust: David Bowie's Long Career Ends On A High Note It's been announced tonight by his family and friends online via Facebook that David Bowie has died\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "archive"","block_context":{"text":"archive","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/archive\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"No More A Lad Insane","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/David-Bowie-Ziggy-Stardust-Ginger.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":245,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2007\/02\/20\/music-reviews\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786,"position":1},"title":"music reviews","author":"admin","date":"February 20, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"music reviews by Kent Manthie Will Thompson (Alarmist Records) A pretty new face isn\u2019t pretty for very long, but a creative, talented sense of music is a trait that lasts forever and can leave a legacy that lasts long after one passes from the earth. 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