Somewhere between garage rock, power-pop, psych rock and punk rock lies Boston's Lyres....a band that were local heroes and a band that just rocked! Imagine the Ramones meet the B-52's meet Bubble Puppy meet The Fuzztones!
I love all their albums but I think on "A Promise Is A Promise" they expanded their music playing and went for a less garage psychy feel and took a more power pop avenue. If you have never heard the vocal of Jeff Conolly then you are in for quite a ride my friend!
This album rocks...from start to finish and is a mixed bag of goodies from old and new tracks with some live numbers too from their European tour and a number of covers too! There is a killer version of The Sonics' classic "Witch" taken from a concert in France they did.
My version of the album is a double vinyl on Oshawa's own local Star Records label and comes with a bonus 7 track LP of additional material from a Boston radio station visit spanning their first 3 albums and opens with a total kiss-ass version of "she pays the rent".
How this band didnt make a bigger splash I will never know ...........
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