Now based in the western reaches of the States, Minneapolis-bred songwriter Ryan Traster serves a tasty dish of cosmic power pop on his new album, which was unveiled to the world at the end of September. There is a summery feel to the sounds emanating from LOW MIRADA, which makes it a good record to reminisce about warmer times as the seasons sink into shorter days. A driving beat supports plentiful jangly guitars on a nine-track release that charms the airwaves for little over half an hour.
The band assembled to kickstart this record's public life quickly find their groove and don't veer off track even when the tempo drops a little. Traster merges his vocal, Rickenbacker and writing skills across a vibrant range of songs including lead off track 'The Night's Got You' that also got the single and video treatment. If sampling this floats the boat then it is generally representative of what else is on offer.
Additionally, there is a lineage of records from Ryan Traster over the last decade to benchmark the new one. Alternatively if a Traster-taster is the limit, L0W MIRADA will find a neat fit alongside higher profile acts that have perfected this style of rock music from the heady sixties through the decades to those straddling the indie-Americana barrier today. The feel good vibes can be an antidote to everyday ills, so records like this have an important role to play.