What people are saying
YAY! Looks like good music is coming back!
Catchy, sweet, tender, quirky, and sung with unbelievable charm. One of this summer's 'hits'. (One of mine, anyway.)
Louis Philippe, louisphilippe.co.uk
A Nilsson for the modern generation.
Russell Barker, Russell's Reviews
He does everything... He doesn't use samplers or weird computer programs, it's all himself over himself. I really admire his work... like something between the Beach Boys and Ben Folds Five, but his voice is nicer to me... His music is very light and easy to listen, a cool warm feeling... Recommended, one of the best unknown/non-mainstream artists I know!
Chogu, alwaysontherun.net
When I've had a song stuck in my head for a week and I'm still not ready for something else to take its place, I consider that a good sign. This week my mental jukebox has mostly been playing... The Simple Carnival.
Spike, Too Much Apple Pie
My favourite band of this last week has got to be The Simple Carnival... They are a melodic pop music studio project created by a guy named Jeff Boller who must be the long lost son of Brian Wilson if the MP3s on the band's web site are anything to go by. 'North Star' is full of those multi-tracked harmonies that are found on all those Beach Boy classics, it's a song to make you smile, starting off with some nice acoustic guitar and vocals, then we've got that tight bouncy bass sound as found on Good Vibrations, with splashes of words about firecrackers and raindrops, then we are fooled into thinking that the song must be ending with a fade-out and to be perfectly honest the song is already a favourite if it were to finish there and then but we are treated to some eerie backward(?) sounds that fade in and we find ourselves back in California circa 1966 and I should apologise before I say this... because I know it's probably the most obvious thing to say... but this song could quite easily slide onto the end of Pet Sounds.... it might also fit onto The Zombies 'Odessey and Oracle' without a murmur from anyone. Handclaps, BaBaBa-Baaas, Rainfall Fx what more could you want?
Stephen Maughan, This Almighty Pop!
...Somehow I couldn't suppress a smile while listening to The Simple Carnival's show tune-like 'Super Robot Toy'.
Luis K., Kristine and Luis are Listening
