Hotel Hoppers
Here are the latest residents at the Harmony Hotel, and on
the evidence of this debut album they are fully paid up for a long-stay
commitment. As has been observed by industry experts in various Harmonious Hotelier
Handbooks, The Janks have their suitcases visibly decorated with Fleet Foxes locations,
these contemporary fellow travellers themselves well known for carrying the
precious baggage of 60s and 70s west coast vocal surfers and sunshine singers
The Janks have obviously met up with and been influenced by
others in the lounges and bars visited on their journey. I can hear a fair
snatch of The Beatles in a number of tracks, some Yes prog on Rat Racers, a slightly worrying hint of the
Coldplay Motel Chain on Echo Whispers,
and it is also clear that trips to the circus have left their ringside musical
influences. But throughout what are undoubtedly also hitchhiked rides, The
Janks have retained their soaring harmonies as residential roots and this album
is definitely worth your visit and enjoyable aural stay.
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