A new album from Baby Boot Box is good news for fans of playful, melodic and sometimes melancholy pop-rock. The opening track is a delightful throwback, to what, I’m not exactly sure; it has a certain, what the French call, “I don’t know what.” It’s classic ramblin’ music though, perfect for a road trip to Mexico, oddly enough. The Latin licks are abandoned for “Dear Marilyn”, and traded in for a banjo with a decidedly un-banjo like strum. The tempo picks up again with “After the College Days” where the Boot really gets poppy while lead singer G. Russell Boot channels the vocal playfulness of Blink 182’s Tom DeLonge. The sheer diversity of sound this band creates never fails to astound. On one song you get Japanese influenced melodies, power riff guitars and post-disco electric backgrounds. Reading that sentence on paper can make you dizzy with the sheer possibility, but in the musical kitchen of Baby Boot Box it a most delicious buffet plate.



Track Listing



1. In Old Mexico

2. Dear Marilyn

3. After the College Days

4. You Never Call Me Anymore

5. Different Circles

6. In Babylon

7. Water Wheel Lullaby

8. How to Read Your Mind

9. Walk Away Slow

10. Who’ll Be My Scribe

11. Dust Into Stone

12. Love Drift Away

13. Truck On My Lawn

14. Eighty Five