POP / ROCK
TUNS
TUNS (Royal Mountain Records)
When it comes to official "Made in Canada" supergroups, the truly great combos are few and far between. The members of TUNS (pronounced "tonnes") all come from a similar musical time and place (the 1990s, Halifax) and are among some of the craftiest Canuck power-pop singers and songwriters.
Chris Murphy (Sloan), Matt Murphy (Super Friendz, Flashing Lights) and Mike O’Neill (Inbreds) have created a set of nine dazzling tracks that at least equal and maybe even exceed their work from back in the day. Sentimental opener Back Among Friends is practically a mission statement: "Maybe we’re riding on luck, but from the first chords we ever struck, rough and a little too tough, just an easy and natural, off the cuff" pretty much explains the feeling this album evokes.
All the obligatory pop music elements are in evidence — a little bit of high note, bass guitar figure working in tandem with an animated guitar line (Mixed Messages), vocals that parallel the guitar hook (Look Who’s Back In Town Again) and background gang handclaps and layered vocals (Mind Over Matter). There isn’t a clunker here — if these fellows were smart, they would forget about their past band relationships and make these tunes their first call. Pure pop for now people? Absolutely.
--taken from: Winnipeg Free Press
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