Digital Download of the 2015 release Whiskey Alpha Delta Echo.

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Exquisito arranque el de este disco con la prometedora "Dark Mirror": todo un aviso de jangle folk rock y armonías de psicodelia junto al río Mersey. "Valentine's day" rememora al gran Don Mariani en su etapa con los increíbles Someloves. Pop pluscuamperfecto, luminoso y de efecto embriagador. Estas son las secuelas que los Teenage Fanclub arrastraron hasta el país de los canguros y el boomerang. El tercer corte "Catch my eye" podria habitar sin complejos en el primer álbum de Big Star. Poderío y sensibilidad de acordes en midtempo. A los Posies seguro que les encantaríaa. Y a Matthew Sweet también con su punteo alargando el final. "Coming Back" te noquea desde el segundo uno. Sensacional la madurez a la hora de atacar una estrofa con ínfulas de himno pop. La joya de la corona

Wade Jackson-Whiskey Alpha Delta Echo. Both a nod to Wilco's famous album as well as the spelling of the artist's first name in the phonetic alphabet, Whiskey Alpha Delta Echo is the second album from Aussie musician Wade Jackson, and it's quite simply one of 2015's best so far. The allusion in the title is apt, as the sound here is Big Star-meets-Wilco with its melodic minor-key rockers with a twinge of Americana (Austrliana?). After the moody opener "Dark Mirror" (which answers the question "What would The Smithereens sound like as a folk-rock band?"), we're treated to the jangly "Valentine's Day" and the trio of "Catch My Eye", "Coming Back" and "Carolina", all of which invoke #1 Record-era Big Star, with "Coming Back" perhaps my favorite track of the year. This album really hits the sweet spot between power pop and Americana, and my next step is checking out Jackson's back catalog.

Review: Absolute Power Pop 18/6/15