Summary: <br> Love That Album episode 68 is here. Any of you who know me<br> know of my love for power pop…and in that regard, we have a gem of an album to<br> discuss.<br> <br> I’m joined by Melbourne musician, teacher, and fellow power<br> pop nut Rhys Lett to discuss the 1993 album “Spilt Milk” from San Francisco<br> band, Jellyfish. This was a huge step forward from their brilliant debut,<br> “Bellybutton”, but was also unfortunately their final album. Was it due to<br> public or record company apathy, or band friction? In this regard, they share<br> the fate of their stylistic cousins, The Zombies and Big Star (both covered<br> previously on the podcast) who ceased active recording way too early. <br> <br> They’ve had a lot of comparisons with Queen (for the rawwwwk<br> and drummer Andy Sturmer’s singing) and the Beach Boys’ harmonies. As valid as<br> these comparisons are, there is a lot more going on here. This could be<br> described as a concept album with the songs being parts of a nightmare – not<br> the bogeyman type, but more a domestic nightmare of infidelity, unrequited<br> crushes, depression, death, and evangelism. There’s also a song on Spilt Milk<br> that led Rhys to suggest Ben Eisen needs to pursue its subject matter in an All<br> Time Top Ten podcast. Tune in and find out what it was….<br> <br> This time around, Eric Reanimator also discusses the<br> Psyclone Ranger’s album from 1993 “Feel Nice”. He describes this as power pop<br> bordering on punk. See what you think.<br> <br> You can<br> download the podcast at iTunes by searching for “Love That Album”. You can also<br> stream or download it at <a href="http://lovethatalbum.blogspot.com/">http://lovethatalbum.blogspot.com</a>.<br> <br> Any feedback<br> would be gratefully appreciated – either written or mp3 voicemail. You can send<br> it to <a href="https://lovethatalbum.podbean.com/mailto:rrrkitchen@yahoo.com.au">rrrkitchen@yahoo.com.au</a><br> <br> Don’t forget<br> to send me your end of 2014 lists of best of’s or favourite first time listens.<br> <br> Join the<br> Facebook group at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/lovethatalbum">www.facebook.com/groups/lovethatalbum</a><br> <br> If you want<br> to check out Rhys’ work as a musician, go to <a href="http://www.dressedtochill.com.au/">http://www.dressedtochill.com.au/</a><br> to see his Crosby Stills and Nash style Kiss tribute band, Dressed to Chill. If<br> you need music lessons, check out the<br> website of the music school he runs Eastern Sububrs School of Music at <a href="http://www.essm.net.au/">http://www.essm.net.au/</a> <br> <br> <br> <br>
