Dan
Miraldi’s music is heading in the right direction. The young Cleveland rocker,
who has progressed from teen bands to college groups at the College of Wooster,
to several post grad projects, has released Sugar & Adrenaline, his second full length CD release, his
fourth over all. Each of the
releases has been good, with each one getting better and more polished.
Sugar
and Adrenaline is
different than the previous three because it was completely recorded with his touring
band, and it shows up on the record with a bit more guitar solos by Alex
Bowers, drum introductions by Sarah Luffred, and stronger bass lines by Joe
Laguardia.
The
disk features twelve cuts all written by Miraldi, mostly poppish rock tunes
with titles like “Few Rock Harder,” Record Collection,” “Fall in Love All Over
Again.” As Miraldi gets older his song writing seems to be heading in a bit
more mature vein, and comes through on the last cut on the disc, a ballad
titled “The Many Shades of Blue.”
After
listening to the album all weekend in my car stereo it reminds me of two
similar albums I enjoyed in the past and still listen to occasionally and that
have the same feel to it, Matthew Sweet’s Girlfriend (remember with “Winona” on it?), and
going way back to when I was Miraldi’s age or younger, the long forgotten
classic David Werner’s Whizz Kid. I hope Miraldi keeps his band together
and they keep going, I think they can go to some good places together.
Dan
Miraldi and the Albino Whinos will be headlining this Thursday, July 12, in the
Cambridge Room at the House of Blues, 8:00 show. I caught the bands last
Cambridge Room show and it was very good, check out this one if you can.
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