Penny Racer – Say Hello To Strangers
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And now for something totally different than the onslaught of heavy music that has been featured over the past week or so.
Comparable to Ryan Adams or even an alternate version of The Hives without the punk-ish influences, Penny Racer (a/k/a Tyler Gomo) has released a Deluxe Edition of the album Say Hello To Strangers.
Penny Racer’s MySpace “Sounds Like” section has this to say: Foo Fighters first two albums + Guided By Voices + Frodus LIVE + a killer singalong = Penny Racer.
An eclectic mix to say the least.
The title track actually reminded me a little of ‘To Be Young (Is To Be Sad)’ by Ryan Adams (the song featured in Old School). It’s not reminiscent in the sense of the lyrics, just something about the general sound of that track made me instantly think of the song by Adams. In fact, the more I listen to the album, the more the songs sound like lyrics that Ryan would write.
‘Please and Thank You’, a B-Side on Saying Hello to Strangers, gets that aforementioned The Hives sound going at full-steam – it sounds like a straight-up garage rock song.
For an artist who is relatively unknown, this Deluxe Edition is pretty serious. It includes three B-Sides, three Instrumental Outtakes, and two live tracks; bringing the album to 16 tracks total.
Now would be a good time to mention something else as well:
Similar to The Body Rampant (The Body Rampant Review), Penny Racer is – at least sometimes – a one man band. Tyler didn’t make it clear exactly when he was the only member, but since he recorded everything on the album himself (which I always find to be super cool when an artist does that; it always impresses me when someone is that musically proficient), I am assuming that he just uses other members during his live performances.
Either that or he is like that dude from X-Men: The Last Stand who robbed seven banks at the same time.
If you like Penny Racer’s sound, I would definitely suggest checking out a previously featured band, St. James Hotel (St. James Hotel – You Are Here Review).
Plus, how can you not like any artist that has a song named ‘John Candy’?
Here is the title track to Say Hello To Strangers:
For more information on Penny Racer, visit the Penny Racer MySpace Page and to download Say Hello To Strangers for FREE, visit www.pennyracer.bandcamp.com.
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