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Artist: The Dalloways
Album: Penalty Crusade
Publication: N. L. Belardes Music Reviews
Category: Review
Writer: N. L. Belardes
Date: 01/02/2006
Website: www.nlbelardes.com
Review Link: http://www.nlbelardes.com/blogger/2006/01/2005-cd-of-year-from-nlbelardescom-by.html
2005 CD of the Year
I am proud to announce Penalty Crusade by the Dalloways the 2005 winner on
nlbelardes.com for best Bakersfield CD.
When it came to picking Bakersfield’s CD of the year I didn’t just look at the
music on the CD, although the music is incredible with its many textures and
engaging lyrics. I looked at packaging. I love the moody cover art with the
actress from Napoleon Dynamite. She captures the fictitious mini-love stories of
Penalty Crusade in a timeless photo that could be from any era and have been
snapped on European streets. ...
I also wanted to see a CD with music that I thought could stand the test of
time. I believe the Dalloways music has an inescapable long-lasting quality. I
think folks who are fans of their genre of Lounge pop will have a special place
in their CD collection for California Brit music ala the Dalloways. Forget that
it isn’t metal, punk or screamo. The Dalloways have recorded their genre of
music with precision, experience, and great mastering. They also have many great
reviews on their site from around the world, from music zines everywhere! I
wrote for CD Baby earlier in the year regarding Penalty Crusade:
Hints of Lloyd Cole and even Elvis Costello materialize in The Dalloways debut
album Penalty Crusade. But there's more: Refreshing CD art, the people involved;
this music is packaged and presented in a way that brings a fresh perspective to
Brit Pop. More: Penalty Crusade is a multi-cultural California blend bringing
rural and big city undertones to the Anglian influences of British pop icons.
The Dalloways can't help but throw in a subtle flow of Latino riffs and American
jazz; all with a hard-edged guitar sound that is as melodic as Morrissey and
haunting as Lloyd Cole's lyrical lost love ballads.
Get your groove on Dalloways (Gary Enns, Aaron Wall, Matt Wall, Ricky Gonzales,
and the lovely Nico Rhodes) with your cool n.l. trophy. Stand it on a shelf with
your other n.l.. You deserve both of them for quality music, quality web work
and a quality CD that is packaged to perfection.