While not as poppy sounding as Ultraphonic Hiss, From Dayton With Love is still very much more accessible than the band's messy first record, Superdeluxe. Highlights include a few keyboards and violins among the usual distorted guitars, and there's also a cool instrumental or two, proving that Morella's Forest isn't just "Sydney & the band." Also here is a slower version of Kim Wilde's "Kids in America." Why hasn't this band been more widely noticed than they are? Ya got me!
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7ball #20Reviewed by Dan MacIntosh"Will you join us for a ride to the Moon?" asks Morella's Forest vocalist Sydney Rentz in "Bounty Hunter." It's a logical query, since From Dayton With Love is filled with space-age garage pop for the "now" generation. Rentz is a stunning hostess throughout these 10 sci-fi lullabies. Her fluid voice morphs into an innocent school girl one moment, then a bored supermodel the next. The band keeps…More from Morella's Forest
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