Power pop is not on the agenda here much these days, but it definitely played a part in the formative years when adolescence spawned an intrigue to cock an ear to twangy guitar-fuelled jaunty numbers infiltrating the charts both past and present. Fast forward to many years later and sprinkled among the Americana, country, folk and roots music that spearheads current tastes sprang an eponymous debut album from a trio labelled that very genre.
So for a heady dose of continuous optimistically driven spritely numbers, Portable Radio serve up hefty and desirable portions of appealing tunes. Hooks, harmonies, ethereal tendencies and retrospective emotions all pour out of the eleven tracks that keep this album on the straight and narrow. It works for those moments when the mind needs a soundtrack to reminisce and music decides that a simple uncomplicated route is the right option to take. Stirring stuff to check out when you visit Bandcamp next.
