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the lovetones
be what you want
( the committee to keep music evil )

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format ::	cd 11$ us  11$ outside n. america
tracklisting 1. The Sound and the Fury 2. Give It All I Can 3. What Am I to Do 4. Something Good 5. Be What You Want 6. Drink the Night (My Love) 7. Guiding Star 8. The One and Only 9. It's Always Been This Way 10. Fairweather description Be What You Want is a striking debut for Sydney, Australia’s the Love-Tones, a trio led by singer/songwriter Matt Tow, that manages to keep its balance on that difficult path between the past and the present. Tow is clearly a major fan of ’60s U.K. pop from Revolver-era Beatles to the Move in their early days to the gossamer pop of the Zombies to David Bowie’s pre-stardom mod phase (the anthemic, powerful opener "The Sound and the Fury" would have been a killer follow-up to Bowie’s 1966 single "Can’t Help Thinking About Me"), but unlike a lot of his contemporaries, Tow knows the difference between homage and thievery. Think Neil Finn or Allen Clapp, not Oasis. Songs like the dreamy neo-psychedelia of "Guiding Star" or the passionate title track are mature, literate pop with thoughtful, non-clichéd lyrics and sturdily memorable hooks. Be What You Want is a small, intimate record that proves that it’s no longer enough to simply churn out third-rate Todd Rundgren and Badfinger imitations in the pop underground.