The New Trocaderos - Thrills & Chills (2015)

The New Trocaderos have been honored twice with "Coolest Song in the World" awards from Steven Van Zandt (The E Street Band) on his Sirius XM radio station, Little Steven's Underground Garage, and its members, collectively, have earned an astounding 15 Coolest Song Awards, far more than any other band. Thrills & Chills, the band's 1st full-lenght studio release, features the twelve tracks included contributions from primary band members Brad Marino, Geoff Palmer, Kurt Baker, Kris Rodgers, and Rick Orcutt. A number of supporting musicians also took part, with Michael Chaney contributing songwriting and sassy background and harmony guest vocals from Kim Shattuck (The Muffs, The Pandoras), Palmyra Delran, and Line Cecilie Dahlmann (The Dahlmanns), Exile On Main Street-style horns, and many other surprises… The Album met with a largely positive reception from critics for its "power pop" sound, with positive reviews from publications such as Goldmine Magazine and Power Pop News. Faster and Louder named the album No.1 on its list of the "Top Ten Albums of 2015".

The New Trocaderos are back with a blast of punk, pop, and in-your-face rock ‘n’ roll that recalls musical heroes such as the Stones, Dave Edmunds and Rockpile, the Real Kids, Eddie and the Hot Rods, and the Searchers. The band is fronted by Brad Marino and Geoff Palmer (from like-minded rockers The Connection), as well as primo power pop dude Kurt Baker; all three of ‘em have had a bundle of “Coolest Songs in the World This Week” on Little Steven’s Underground Garage and all three of ‘em sing lead here.. On Thrills & Chills, the tunes are all written or co-written by LA-based attorney (!) Michael Chaney, and a handful feature background and harmony vocal support from Kim Shattuck of the Muffs, Palmyra Delran, and Line Cecilie Dahlmann from garage-popsters The Dahlmanns.

As you can no doubt guess by the influences listed above, this is no frills, good time, party-hard rock and roll. The leadoff track sounds like a perfect marriage of Graham Parker’s “Crawling From the Wreckage” and The Connection’s own, similarly-themed “Crawling From a Wreckage of a Saturday Night.” After that impressive beginning, it’s off to the races with a little Stonesy raunch (“I’m So Bad”), some 12-string, Merseybeat-tinged jangle pop (the perfectly catchy “Crazy Little Fool” and “Like an Angel,” both sweetened by Shattuck’s vocal contributions), a nasty little rocker (“By the Balls” – it’s alcohol that’s got him, not a girl), some horn-fueled sounds (the opening of “Hey Big Boy” sounds like a not-too-distant relative to CCR’s “Travelin’ Band”), a little garage rock (“Midnight Creep” features some nicely placed organ amongst the stinging guitars) and a bit of bluesy goodness to close things out (“Business to Tend To”). Plus, you gotta love a band that sings, “You’re getting calls from a whole lot of men/and one of them’s older than Roger McGuinn,” as Kurt Baker intones on the neat doo-wop pastiche, “Love Anymore.”

Cool songs galore with the melodies out in full force, guitars, guitars and more guitars, and just the right balance of swagger and sweetness all add up to your new favorite band. Believe it.

~ Review by John M. Borack, Goldmine Magazine

Tracklist:

01. What The Hell Did I Do
02. I'm So Bad
03. Crazy Little Fool
04. Love And Hate
05. Like An Angel
06. By The Balls
07. Hey Big Boy
08. She Don't Know
09. Oh Boy (Today Is My Birthday)
10. Love Anymore
11. Midnight Creep
12. Business To Tend To

most of the songs written by Michael Chaney,
some co-written with Geoff Palmer or Kurt Baker


Arranged, Co-Produced & Co-Mixed by Michael Chaney & The New Trocaderos
Engineered, Co-Mixed, and Mastered by Dean Baltulonis at The Wild Arctic, Portsmouth, NH.

• Brad Marino - Lead & Backing Vocals, Lead, Rhythm & 12-string Guitars
• Geoff Palmer - Lead & Backing Vocals, Lead, Rhythm & Acoustic Guitars
• Kurt Baker - Lead & Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar, Bass Guitar on all tracks
• Kris Rodgers - All keyboards (Piano, Organ, Farfisa), Backing Vocals
• Rick Orcutt - Drums on all tracks

special guests:
- Kim Shattuck – background & harmony vocals on "3, 5"
- Palmyra Delran - background & harmony vocals on "3, 5, 8"
- Line Cecilie Dahlmann – background & harmony vocals on "1, 2, 4, 7"
& Wimpy Rutherford – background vocal on "6"

additional musicians:
- Steve Philp - Harmonica and Slide Guitar
- Nick Mainella – Saxophone
- Chris Klaxton - Trumpet

Release Date: August 20, 2015
Label: Uncle Mike's RnR
Catalog No.: none

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