Tonight's Music
by The Moles
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  1. charliequaker
    Feb 23, 2019
    10
    On their 3rd album, and the first in 22 years, these Australian legends play music that’s eclectic and experimental with a melody-driven, hook-filled heart of creative gold. Led by former Cardinal member Richard Davies, this is charmingly off-kilter, addictively lo-fi psychedelic pop that carries a distinctive presence and weight of unusual songwriting ability. Distorted guitars call toOn their 3rd album, and the first in 22 years, these Australian legends play music that’s eclectic and experimental with a melody-driven, hook-filled heart of creative gold. Led by former Cardinal member Richard Davies, this is charmingly off-kilter, addictively lo-fi psychedelic pop that carries a distinctive presence and weight of unusual songwriting ability. Distorted guitars call to peculiar interruptions of tripped-out sound, while classic pop chords lay the base for compelling vocal harmonies. Reminiscent of bands/artists like Olivia Tremor Control, Twerps, the Clean, Guided By Voices, the Chills, Syd Barrett, the Bats, Elf Power, the Smoking Trees, Tall Dwarfs. “Tonight’s Music” is power-packed with 24 songs that cover a wide range of the psych/pop spectrum with exceptional insight and talent. This one is a subtly brilliant gift. Highly Recommended.… Expand

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Magnet
    Sep 20, 2016
    75
    At the core are lyrics abstract enough to keep you coming back and digging for meaning until the next moles record, however many decades off that might be. [No. 135, p.56]
  2. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Sep 16, 2016
    70
    Tonight’s Music celebrates the space between the excessive and the unfinished, refusing us resolution, promising us a little everything.
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  3. Uncut
    Aug 12, 2016
    80
    Tonight's Music finds Davies returning to The Moles' first principals of beguiling deadpan psychedelia, as if Syd Barrett had lit out to New Zealand in the 1980s and joined The Chills. [Sep 2016, p.76]
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