Coming out of the neo-funk-alterna-rock (a strange plague that hit the NW music scene for a while — I blame Fishbone) Some Few Oracles, Common Heroes will surprise you. Their new disc, The Robin Sings, is full of strong modern rock songs that escape modern rock malaise through the virtue of Ira Merrill's soulful, seasoned voice — that and some good song writing, trained musicianship, high production values, and tempered use of some phat psychedelic wammy riffs. In fact, their songs are not only good enough for the radio, a couple of them are too good for the radio. Way too informed, mature, and heartfelt for the miscreants. Oddly enough, they really have their own sound, and are obviously influenced by the history of rock, and not just the last five years like so many CHR hacks.
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