Loud & Clear

• Artist: Moods for Moderns
• Rating:
• Release Date: April 17, 2001
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Rock

Review

Stealing more than a few pages out of the power pop handbook, Moods for Moderns has officially arrived as a veritable force with Loud & Clear. Big guitars, lush harmonies, and incessant energy mark this reverent, yet altogether refreshing, arena pop. Whether channeling Big Star influences on "Lust for Luster" or cavernous Left Banke-ish sounds on "Long Distance Dedication," Moods for Moderns is overwhelmingly on target with its decidedly backwards-looking pop confections. While the Zombies, Elvis Costello, and the Rolling Stones are all evoked at different moments, it's quite obvious that this band's loyalties lay in classic '70s rock. As this dedication has supposedly manifested itself in the band's members refusing to listen to any music recorded after 1979 during Loud & Clear's recording sessions, as well as only using recording equipment from that period, the result of their devotion is undeniably rewarding. Fairly predictable and obviously derivative, Moods for Moderns nonetheless succeed in presenting straightforward rock at its most undiluted. ~ Matt Fink, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Lust for Luster	Moods for Moderns	Moods for Moderns	(5:02)
Whatever She's Doin'	Moods for Moderns	Moods for Moderns	(4:38)
Popstar	Moods for Moderns	Moods for Moderns	(2:41)
Slacker Ways	Moods for Moderns	Moods for Moderns	(4:23)
Two Tracks Left	Moods for Moderns	Moods for Moderns	(2:41)
Only on a Saturday Night	Moods for Moderns	Moods for Moderns	(3:28)
Runaround	Moods for Moderns	Moods for Moderns	(2:57)
Candy Apples	Moods for Moderns	Moods for Moderns	(2:46)
So Long Canada	Moods for Moderns	Moods for Moderns	(3:42)
Long Distance Dedication	Moods for Moderns	Moods for Moderns	(3:49)

Credits

Jim Diamond (Engineer), Moods for Moderns (Producer), Dave Shettler (Wurlitzer), Dave Shettler (Moog Synthesizer), Ben Force (Producer), Moods for Moderns (Arranger), Dave Shettler (Percussion), Nathan Beale (Organ (Hammond)), Dave Shettler (Producer), Emily Lazar (Mastering), Ben Force (Bass), Dave Shettler (Farfisa Organ), Dave Shettler (Theremin), Bryan Sheffield (Photography), Jim Diamond (Producer), Dave Shettler (Fender Rhodes), Nathan Beale (Guitar), Ben Force (Percussion), Dave Shettler (Drums), Nathan Beale (Percussion), Nathan Beale (Wurlitzer), Dirk Hemsath (Percussion), Dave Shettler (Organ (Hammond))