Bullseye Twinkletone TR104 Bullseye / Twice Sorry / Pretty Baby / Hora de Llorar / Stranger / The Truth / You're Fine Fine Fine / Blue For You / A Cat Called Domino / Right Or Wrong / You / Love Crazy Baby / Do The Bop / Stranger / Twice Sorry / Blue For You / Do The Bop.
No matter you like Truly Lover Trio or not (personnally I do) you must admit that Marcel Riesco has created a real signature sound and you can recognize one of his song after just a few bars. Not everybody can say that. He's also one of the very few rock'n'roll/rockabilly performer to explore melodic territories with a real will to write songs, not just dancing and bopping ditties, see what I mean? Riesco has the knack to write melodies that hook you (Twice Sorry,Pretty baby, You). And yes Roy Orbison comes to mind, but also Buddy Holly (You're Fine, Fine, Fine) and Marty Robbins (the beautiful "the Truth"). Of course you'll also find straight rockabillies (Kenny Parchman's Love Crazy Baby, Orbison's Domino), rockers like "Do the Bop" (a killer sure to fill the dance floors) or the title track featuring Dawn Shipley on B-vox (I suspect there's something going between the two of them :-).
"Bullseye" is surely Truly Lover Trio's best album (so far...) and if you liked "Dance" and "Dig It" you'll have with Bullseye the best of both world: the melodies and the rockin' sides.
As usual with Truly Lover Trio the album is full of demos, outtakes, alternates and even a hidden rockabilly version of "Do The Bop".
Buy it here. Fred
"Virgil" Turgis
Dig
It
Twinkletone TR102 Let's Go Out Tonight
(Dj Mix) - Dig It - Party
Baby - Cuando Vas a
Comenzar - Take Me
Home - It's Time - Dream
Come True - I'll Be
Cryin' - Breakin' Up
is Breakin' My Heart (Live)
- Let's Go Out
Tonight (OutTake) - Together
- Chains of Love - Don't
Sweat It - Dig It (Demo)
- Let's Go Out
Tonight (Thunderbird
Version)
This is the third album
from LA's Truly Lover
Trio, and the best so far.
The first one was a solid
debut with lots of
rock'n'roll, the second
was more "pop"
sounding, revealing
broader influences.
"Dig It"
represents the best of
this two worlds.
You have Sun influenced
rockabilly with tons of
echo and a powerful
slabasss (that makes a
welcome return after the
use of an e-bass on the
previous album) and
melodic rockabilly (Take
Me Home, Dream Come True).
Of course, Roy Orbison is
never far and that's no
surprise when you see
that Marcel Riesco's
label is called
Twinkletone, doesn't that
sound like a hommage to
Roy's Twinkle Toes? The
Big O's Breakin' Up is
especially well covered,
the band getting the true
essence of the song, in a
similar vein "Party
Baby" sounds like a
forgotten Orbison tune
and is a pleasure from
start to end. You'll find
some Spanish flavour too,
"Cuando Vas A
Comenzar" is a solid
rocker and "It's
Time" a beautiful
ballad with Spanish
guitar and latin beat.
Album after album, Riesco
feels more confident with
his voice and it shows
and slow numbers like
"I'll Be Cryin".
On a personnal side I
enjoy a lot Chains Of
Love with its fine doo
woop backing vocals. As
usual with Truly Lover
Trio you have plenty of
bonus songs and/or
alternate takes including
a demo version of Dig It
and no less than three
versions of "Let's
Go Out Tonight" (DJ
mix, out-take and
Thunderbird version). I
warmly encourage you to
get this platter because
Truly Lover Trio are
really a one of kind band
that have no other
equivalent on the scene
today. Dig it ? Sure ! Fred "Virgil"
Turgis
Dance
Twinkletone Records
– TR 2006-111 Dance
- Spring Fever - Find a
Fool - Cool Cutie Cute -
Twinkle Toes - Pretending
- Secrets in the Wind -
Baby Come On - Bullet to
my Heart - Un Tonto Mas
– She - Dance - Baby
Come On
Truly
Lover Trio is going
further into the style
that made songs like
“Blueberry Eyes”,
“King Of Hearts”
and “Sleepless
Nights” highlights
of Hey Little Girl, his
previous album. Actually
“Secret In The Wind”
reminds “Sleepless
Night. The band is now
playing full-time with an
electric bass (John
Carlucci : The Hexxers
and previously the
Fuzztones) and left aside
the slap bass and the
rockabilly songs you
could find in their set
previously. The
production is really well
done with notably a
special work on the
guitar with various
sounds and the use of an
acoustic rhythm guitar
too. It’s a mix
between Beatles
influenced pop songs (“Dance”
and its fine harmonica),
60's rock'n'roll and of
course a good dose of Roy
Orbison for the
inspiration (listen to
“Cool Cutie Cute”).
The Big “O” is
also present here with
the sole cover “Twinkle
Toes. Marcel Riesco can
really craft some killer
pop songs like “Spring
Fever” or “Pretending”
and his voice is really
made for that. Every rule
has its exception of
course and “Bullet
To My Heart” is a
welcome exception and an
excellent wild rocker
with mean guitar. It must
probably be one of the
highlights of his live
set. There’s some
bonus too. Two old songs,
one from 1999 in Spanish
and one from 2002 from
the same session that
gives “Sleepless
Nights”, “Lonely
Blue Drams” and
“King Of Hearts”.
It’s a nice ballad
and it’s justice to
find it here. The other
two bonus tracks are
alternative take of
“Dance” and the
demo of “Baby Come
On” with just the
voice and a acoustic
guitar. But wait ! You
have an hidden track : an
alternate take of “Pretending”.
A good and original
second album that
benefits of Riesco’s
maturity, experience and
a tight rhythm section. Fred
"Virgil" Turgis
