There were a squillion of these alt/pop/rock guitar bands around in the late 80’s. Every record company thought that they could make a quick buck without doing too much work to promote them. I think the problem with Lions & Ghosts was that they looked a little too rock with more of an alt/pop sound, and the indie crowd hated most rock bands. Plus, they never quite had that “ONE”song to kick off from.
Mary Goes Round is a great song with some epic power pop grooves but the record company went for a softer single with Passion, I think it was part of a movie soundtrack. It’s all very melancholy and sullen whereas maybe they should have grooved it up a bit. The album has a great production and sounds crisp, it just seems to be wasted here.
6/10 from The Grooveman.
