Looking back on the 80's i find it hard to see why any modern day outfit would even attempt to emulate such, what i think anyway, is a dire period for music. Duran Duran, Spandex, cathartic crew cuts and a whole host of unnecessarily vomit inducing outfits. I also find it a little obscure as to why so many people fail in these attempts and end up crafting a parody of their own self-satisfied reflection, with the exception of miss Ladyhawke, of course.
Yet here i am, faced with a whole host of seriously successful 80's mock-pop tunes that bring back that artificial groove and sparkle of the era past with a near perfect and disgustingly accurate attempt, and who you may ask is responsible for such ludic jives? well Portland's Hockey of course!
"Song Away" is a mirthful groove, squeezing together merry and blithesome guitars to form a chirpy and melodic pop song. It's decidedly contagious, which i find rather strange. I'm putting it's fetching and humble delivery down to the fact that it's a simple conception, produced with catchy pop in mind, and never, at any point, trying to escape simplicity.
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