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From the new album of The Nines Alejandro's Visions (Music from the Motion Picture)
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"The latest from Steve Eggers is full of the Paul McCartney/ELO/Beach Boys/Brian Wilson/Peter Lacey-influenced pop that we’ve come to expect over the years! This time around he’s got Bill Majoros (a fellow Canadian popmeister in his own right) on electric guitars throughout! “After incorporating a variety of styles into a stream of releases spanning a nearly-20-year-long career, Steve Eggers has delivered perhaps his most heartfelt musical statement —a love letter to the classic song structures that populated the output of artists in the pre-1962 era and the more contemporary sounds that have influenced him. Rolling and then filtering the influence of the music of writers such as George Gershwin and Rodgers and Hart into a mix peppered with the harmony styles of the Beach Boys, the Four Freshmen and even doo-wop, and then topping the resulting flow with his love of artists such as the Electric Light Orchestra and XTC, Eggers has delivered a harmony - and melody-drenched soundtrack to an imaginary film, somewhat of a sequel to the last Nines album, ‘Night Surfer and the Cassette Kids’. In the story that drives the songs on ‘Alejandro’s Visions’, Alejandro, one of the main characters of the garage-rock-centered ‘Night Surfer’, travels back in time to an alternate version of the late 1950s, where he falls in love with a girl named Marie. Unfortunately, it’s a love that doesn’t last. The songs bring Eggers’ideas to life with such lovingly-crafted creations as the beautiful, bittersweet, old-fashioned ‘When Our Love Was in Bloom,’ stacked deep with gorgeous harmonies and an irresistible melody; and the early rock and roll/pop hybrid ‘Operator (Coming Home to You),’ which sports a meaty, catchy, percussive piano riff, opens with an aural allusion to the Ronettes’ ‘Be My Baby,’ and lays out a delectable Jeff Lynne-ish bridge that will make you smile. A student of popular songs created across the decades, Eggers continues to write and record music that moves him and, as evidenced by his ongoing popularity, his ever-growing audience. ‘Alejandro’s Visions’, while perhaps a collection of songs that is unexpected, is moreover a sterling addition to a body of work that stands tall among pop music’s greatest achievements. This is Eggers’ best and most assured work yet, an immensely satisfying work that belongs in every melodic pop music fan’s collection.” – Alan Haber/PurePopRadio.com A grower! EXCELLENT!!"