![]() ![]() In equal parts muddy/defined, mental/healthy, retro/intro–ductional. “Don’t give it up now” with its beat music influenced guitar opener, brings to mind Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, soon giving way to the - oh so promising - Lyres sound. #Question mark the mysterians rar plusIf it were not for the ill-natured stalky lyrics of “Help you Ann”, this album could find its place back in 1965 - somewhere on British soil, but that sinister twist of content makes me presume that the Lyres, could be an alloy of the original Sonics plus Question Mark & The Mysterians, who succumbed into a different version of the Philadelphia experiment and reappeared 20 years later. Expect the rawish production, trebly frequencies all over, live in-studio recording approach… a loose yet punchy rhythmic feel - garage stuff. Still, the voice and driving force is Jeff Conolly. They captured the essence of the aforementioned scenes, with a gritty twist more befitting the punkish nature of a rhythm section - drummer Paul Murphy and bassist Rick Coraccio - formerly part of DMZ. It is evident in the originals present on their debut release. That’s not only due to the fact that two Kink tunes, and a couple more originating from Pete Best and New Colony Six, were covered it’s not even due to the organ retro driven sound of Conolly impregnating '60s all over the place. Originating from Massachusetts, Lyres were maybe the one '80s band that came so close to recapture the rockabilly stripped down sound and the aesthetics of the British invasion. ![]()
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