Admittedly, I didn’t discover these musicians until after the ’80s, because I was still in primary school in a country town with one radio station, but I made up for lost time later.

As I said on someone else’s blog, I’m waiting for the 80s to be redeemed like the 70s were. Remember in the 80s and early 90s, how people laughed at the 70s with the roller-skates, the Farah Fawcett hairdos, the rainbow t-shirts, and disco? Then the late 90s came around, and all of the sudden people are making movies called “The Last Days of Disco” and people are really trying to piece together what was considered a “lost” decade. When that happened, the 80s turned into the decade to laugh at with its huge shoulder pads, Nagel paintings, leg warmers, and “straight” singers in make-up. The 80s will have their day in the sun again, I tell you. And I’ll be at the front of the line with my Members Only jacket and aviator sunglasses.

Magnus,
I feel your pain on the vocoder. I give these guys a pass because not every song on the album has it.

Magnus, after listening more closely to Zombies!, that one song is really the only one of its kind. There’s a song in there that sounds like a 60s/70s California Beach song; there’s a sweet song that features what sounds like a ukelele or banjo. There’s some fast-paced songs that contrast strong guitars and drum-kit work against a synthesized arpeggio line. It’s kind of a schizophrenic album, but like I said, it doesn’t stray far from its pop center.