Coconut Records – Davy

Why is it that so many of the various new wave USA indie bands sound like either The Beach Boys or The Monkees?This one sounds like a mix of the two.

That doesn’t make Coconut Records any the less listenable, though! Straight away I liked this album very much, although the cover picture on the CD didn’t attract me at all, in fact it does absolutely nothing for the cd’s musical content whatsoever, sadly.

Coconut Records have been in existence since 2006 and consist of lone member Jason Schwarzman, and Davy is the band’s second album.Jason is Francis Ford Coppola’s nephew and is a former actor,so he has a good pedigree in the performing arts.

“Any Fun” is very good,a good West Coast sound here and tuneful vocals from Jason- he is a little like Craig Finn vocally, sometimes. I was humming along to this track.

“St Jerome” is a tad Monkees-ish,its a very pleasant listen,with some nice vocal harmonies in the background.I also liked the poignant “Wandering Around”,a sad lament to loneliness.”I Am Young” is also lovely.

To sum up,this is a nice, cool, pleasing lightweight album with much depth and soul to its songs. I would certainly buy it. It has the right sensitivity.

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