On the Runway is fronted by ex-Crash Into June man Dave Norris, whose vocals help to ensure that this album is firmly rooted in all that was so special about the jangly 1980’s.

Bookended with the jangly Southern Rock of Loser of the Year and Bring Yourself Down, this Tell Yourself It’s Petty debut album explores the sound of much that was so vital about the mid-80’s college rock sound that eventually morphed into the jangle-pop dominance of the late 80s and early 90s.

As such, Consolation Prize, Stuck on You, and This Will Be Your Year take the crystalline jangled power of the Gin Blossoms and augment this core with tiny, Guillemots-style, fragile jangled riffs that flutter in the background as if to underline the more meaty jangled riffs of the main sound.

In comparison, much of the remainder of the album feels more dank, although certainly no less jangly. Here, This Charade, House Is Not a Home, and Lifeline drift directly into the more subdued, slightly melancholy vibe of the early Miracle Legion albums. All emotionality, jangled beauty, and the evocation that life is not always moving in the right direction—such tracks are early college rock at their finest.

Out now on digital the CD version will be available from Kool Kat Musik on 16th February 2024.

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