The Cyrkle: "Revival" comes to vinyl

To tie with their 60th anniversary as a band The Cyrkle's comeback album Revival will be released on vinyl via Big Stir Records on July 10th: "Their voices have aged well, but don't try to go for the high notes anymore. Using a lower register enables to weave intricate harmonies that sound instantly recognizable. The Cyrkle still wants you to dance - in fact most of the new songs are about trying to get a lady to partake in this celebration of late 60s power pop. The 21st century versions of their hits from yesteryear are a nice touch, but it is songs like Dance With Me Tonight, We Were There and Center Of The World, an ode to San Diego that can serve as exhibits that they are not a just a bunch of men in matching suits once again chasing a dream that they woke up from a couple of decades ago".

The Cyrkle: Revival

Rekindling the magic of a band can go two ways: the former members look stupid and destroy their legacy. Or they pick things up where they left and proof that age is just a number. Fifty years ago, American pop band The Cyrkle got noticed by Beatles manager Brian Epstein and scored two sunny side up hits, Red Rubber Ball and Turn-Down Day. They broke up soon after this and got jobs that had nothing to do with music. Fast forward to 2014 when keyboard player Mike Losekamp started playing those songs as a member of The Gas Pump Jockeys. The audience loved it and it laid the groundwork for a couple of former members getting back together. But lo and behold, after another decade they are back with a new album: Revival.

Their voices have aged well, but don't try to go for the high notes anymore. Using a lower register enables to weave intricate harmonies that sound instantly recognizable. The Cyrkle still wants you to dance - in fact most of the new songs are about trying to get a lady to partake in this celebration of late 60s power pop. The 21st century versions of their hits from yesteryear are a nice touch, but it is songs like Dance With Me Tonight, We Were There and Center Of The World, an ode to San Diego that can serve as exhibits that they are not a just a bunch of men in matching suits once again chasing a dream that they woke up from a couple of decades ago.

The Cyrkle: Dance With Me Tonight b/w Turn-Down Day

Old school going even older school. Revived American pop band The Cyrkle got a bit of inspiration from the Jazz age for their new single Dance With Me Tonight, a sunny-side up plea to make some moves (and maybe more). It's damn catchy, with a tinkling piano or a joyous horn section leading the way. For the B-side they recorded a slightly modernized version of Turn-Down Day - the original was released way back in 1966.

Dance With Me Tonight b/w Turn-Down Day is released via Big Stir Records. Release date: February 9.

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HCTF review of We Thought We Could Fly b/w Red Rubber Ball .

The Cyrkle: We Thought We Could Fly b/w Red Rubber Ball

How about a blast from the past? Fifty years ago American pop band The Cyrkle got noticed by Beatles manager Brian Epstein and scored two sunny side up hits, Red Rubber Ball and Turn-Down Day. Shortly after that the band broke up and the members pursued careers outside music. Fast forward to 2014 when keyboard player Mike Losekamp started playing those songs as a member of The Gas Pump Jockeys. The audience loved it and it laid the groundwork for a sort of band revival, a daunting task indeed.

The new single We Thought We Could Fly is a worthy send-off for their original singer Tom Dawes who died in 2007. When you are young ,the world is your oyster, and only in hindsight they came to realize that reality and life in general gets in the way. The B-side is a reimagined version of Red Rubber Ball. Somewhere in alternate universe 1968 is just about to happen, and the current line-up longs to travel there someday, now that they are retired and can return to their first love: being a member of a kick-ass melodic pop group, wearing matching outfits.

The vocals don't reach for the stars anymore, but by using a lower register to manage to weave intricate timeless harmonies