The Next Big Thing

Watched the Brian Wilson Smile documentary that David Leaf made about the reinvention of the piece that helped tip BW over the edge. It's very good and should warm the cockles of the very hardest heart. Clocking it also reminded me that I hadn't hepped you folks to Neo.



A NY-based project of Marc Silvert who was in The Revelons, responsible for the timeless (The Way You Touch) My Hand - as popularised by those Nomads. Anyways, not only is it a trip for Beach Boys enthusiasts, it also sounds like Todd Rundgren playing cream of Glasgow pop with a little TFC and a lot of Pearlfisherisms in there. Buy this one via CD Baby or contact Marc directly at thyrdeye@msn.com to score a copy.



Talking about The Pearlfishers, their "A Sunflower At Christmas" finds Davie + Co in their own Winter Wonderland on Marina Records. A place where BW, Burt Bacharach and that Ennio Morricone geezer come together to make a sound that nearly only they (and Neo) can.