Summer Cats
Songs For Tuesdays
Slumberland; 2009
Being deemed “cute” can prove to be a death knell for any grown-up artist or band’s burgeoning career. You’re instantly pegged with other modifiers such as precious, charming, and bubble-gum, and then forced to work uphill to prove that you’re not some sort of joke. As appealing as one’s fresh, upbeat pop sound might be, music critics and fans are often unfortunately prejudiced against such sonic textures, considering only “serious” music to be of long-lasting worth. True, such practices are quite unfair, but look at it from the opposite angle: there’s a wealth of examples to bear in mind where fun, cutesy, novelty acts have captured our attention for an instant before passing away into the night.
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