Mike Shupp's debut solo CD, recorded and mixed by Mike Harvey at Actiondale Recorders, Arlington, VA.

October Sun
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See all albums by Mike Shupp   NOTES: Format:  CD Release Date:  March 6th, 1997 Label:  Private Mind Records UPC:  615824000121   All songs by Mike Shupp Copyright © 1996 Workplace Music (BMI)   Recorded and Mixed by Mike Harvey at Actiondale Recorders, Arlington, VA Mike Shupp: Vocals, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Bass, Keyboards Mike Marzullo: Drums, Percussion Joe Parsons: Drums, Percussion * Steve Kaye: Bass ** Buy and Download Complete Album or Tracks!:        TRACK LISTING   1) Letter To Annette - 2:15 *   2) Right For You - 5:11  MP3 sample  **   3) House of Cards - 4:57  MP3 sample  *   4) Up To Me - 3:28   5) Easier Now - 4:20 *   6) Prove Me Wrong - 4:19 **   7) Into It - 4:41  MP3 sample   8) Without You - 4:20  MP3 sample  *   9) Pictures - 3:44 10) River To The Sea - 4:20 **       (P) (C) 1997 Private Mind Records  PMR-40001     Mark Jenkins Metro Connection, WAMU 88.5 FM Saturday, January 24, 1998   11:55 am Mike Shupp was a member of Big Bang Theory, a local band whose new wave dance rock won them a major-label contract in the '80's.  Now he's released his first solo album and it has a classic sound.  Songs like "Letter to Annette" are rooted in the pop rock tradition that suggests the Beatles, but actually begins with the early '70's group, Big Star.  [ music excerpt: Letter to Annette ] The key word in that verse is "forget".  As on so many power pop albums, notably those by fellow Washingtonian Tommy Keene, these simple songs are deepened by a sense of loss and regret.  Shupp's album is called October Sun, a title that suggests the sadness of dwindling days and approaching winter.  In songs like "Right For You", the warmth that's receding is, of course, love.  [ music excerpt: Right For You ] October Sun is not exactly a concept album, but most of these songs do share a mood.  They express the various reactions to the end of a romance, from denial, to acceptance, to defiance.  In one song, he insists that it's "easier now", but in the next, he's demanded to know why someone is always trying to "prove me wrong".  [ music excerpt: Prove Me Wrong ] The arrangements on October Sun are constructed from the classic power pop elements of melody, harmony, and jangly guitar.  Still, Shupp hasn't entirely forsaken the groove of his previous band.  One of the album's most striking songs, "Pictures", combines an earthy beat with a heavenly chorus.  Shupp's lyrics sometimes seem a little too wistful, but songs like this show that there's still plenty of life in the bass line.  [ music excerpt: Pictures ] - by Mark Jenkins   Copyright © 1996-2009 Private Mind Records  Questions?  E-mail:  info@privatemindrecords.com