Lethbridge based pop/punk band Sleeping with Tuesday’s second CD “Shuffle” is aptly named.
If you threw the Ramones, the Cars and more reggae inspired Clash into a blender and added a splash of the Knack plus a dash of the Pixies, you’d get something close to Sleeping With Tuesday.
The CD starts off on a more punk note with ‘Ride’ which is followed by ‘Plastic Bottle,’ wouldn’t be out of place on an early ’80s Cars album thanks to the ever so catchy ‘oh,oh, oh’ chorus.
As expected, ‘Ska Sally’ is a straight ahead catchy ska song, complete with saxophones courtesy of Dino Scavo.
The first single, ‘Fa Fa Phone’ is another synth powered, Cars influenced number which is already getting airplay all over Alberta.
‘Grey’ has the reggae feel down pat and gives the listener a taste of what one of the band’s incendiary live, jam fueled shows are like.
Vacation maintains the reggae feel, but also has an underlying R and B / pop feel, which is also reminiscent of Chris Colepaugh and the Cosmic Crew.
They slow things right down on ‘Double Solid Line,’ which has a more subdued reggae feel which picks up the tempo near the end.
The Clash influence comes out in singer/ guitarist Johnpaul Smith’s vocals on the ska tinged ‘Spin Swing.’
And for an about turn of face, Sleeping With Tuesday end ‘Shuffle’ with a tender acoustic ballad ‘Home.’ Kyle Harmon adds drums to these songs, however the band is already hard at work on the follow-up with the new line up of the band, drummer Dan Berdusco, bassist Dino Scavo, original keyboardist Ryan Mildenburger and Johnpaul Smith on guitar and vocals.
CD: Shuffle
Band: Sleeping With Tuesday
Genre: pop/punk
Record label: Ghostwood Records
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