The Diamond

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Total Tracks: 14   Total Length: 55:26

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Holy Crap

JL82

I cannot stop listening to these guys! They bring the rock with every song, and shift genres and styles effortlessly. This is an absolute MUST download.

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catchy, fun songs

sublim8ing

I am surprised by how much I enjoyed all the songs. The songs are catchy yet hard rockish and the songs have a personality of their own. You're left liking how simply nice the songs are. It's cool nice, not the staid, forgettable nice! Oh just listen to it! I gave them a chance through the free track and then liking that, I downloaded them all.

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rock'n'roll is forever

pattyo

This band rules - they have all the catchiness of '80s hair metal and have brought rock'n'roll back to where it should be. White Dove is a great track, as is Howling at the Moon, and People in the Clouds. The whole album is great.

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New York’s the Sound of Urchin manage to borrow from rock’s recent past to create a diverse, energetic album called The Diamond that more often than not feels inspired and sounds unique. Produced by Fountains of Wayne’s own Adam Schlesinger, the disc gets off on the right note with “Police Helicopters Over Brooklyn,” an homage to hot asphalt that pulls elements of the Foo Fighters and Pavement into the approach. Blistering rockers like “The Jack-O-Lantern” — which features guest guitar by the band’s manager, Twisted Sister’s J.J. French — and the Mudhoney-esque fury of “White Dove” take joyous flight, while the peculiarly funny “There Are People in the Clouds” seems to be inspired by Ween. When the Sound of Urchin — singer/drummer Tomato 11, guitarists B. lll and Seahag, plus bassist Doo Doo Brown — head into the hook-laden alt-pop terrain perfected by the likes of Schlesinger’s band or, say, the Gigolo Aunts, they assert just how skilled they really are. The Sound of Urchin may be all over the map on The Diamond, but the band shines just the same. – John D. Luerssen

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