The Red Button: the finest pure power pop album since the heady days of the late 90s?

Este post no va a dirigido al popchef, que imagino que ya sabrá las excelencias de este grupo americano... Popchef, qué te voy a decir a ti y a los del foro powerpopero... Lo cierto es que "Cruel Girl" es un SUPERHIT POP

"If The Red Button had been around in the '60s when I was producing, I would have signed them to EMI." -- Norman "Hurricane" Smith, Beatles engineer (1962-1966) and record producer (Pink Floyd, Zombies) for EMI.

The Red Button is made up of Los Angeles-based singer-songwriters Seth Swirsky and Mike Ruekberg.

Seth has written hit songs for dozens of artists over the years ranging from Rufus Wainwright ("Instant Pleasure") to Al Green (“Love Is A Beautiful Thing”), Jane Weidlin (of The Go-Gos), Tina Turner, Taylor Dayne ("Tell it to My Heart") and many others. His solo album, Instant Pleasure, was named Best Pop Album at the 2005 L.A. Music Awards. He's also created three popular books consisting of handwritten letters from baseball players.

Mike was the writer and singer for the Minneapolis-based pop-rockers Rex Daisy, who recorded a much-admired CD for Geffen Records with producer Paul Fox (XTC). A highly, sought-after L.A. session singer and musician, Mike also wrote the soundtrack to the Indie cult film Dummy (starring Adrien Brody) which plays on cable TV frequently.

When they met in 2005, Seth and Mike discovered a shared love of melodic pop songs. So, they started writing together and 11 songs later, She’s About To Cross My Mind was born.

LA HISTORIA DE “CRUEL GIRL”

Cruel Girl

Mike: "The second song we wrote/recorded. I have to say, it didn't relate to anything current in my life at that moment. For me it was more about all the pain inflicted by women in the past! But honestly, it was about that 12-string Rick as much as anything. Such a cruel, cruel girl she is. It once took me five hours to re-string her, but it was worth every second. She arouses such passion in my heart!"

Seth: "I was sitting on Mike’s couch with an acoustic guitar. We were working on another song. The hook popped out and again Mike said “hold everything!”. He put on his tape recorder knowing this was going to be a good song for us. I remember him loving it immediately. He then wrote the verse and we both wrote the bridge. It was like the way John and Paul used to write –two guys in a room, excited about writing songs."’