ARTIST: Jim Boggia
TITLE: Safe In Sound
LABEL: Bluhammock
GENRE: Rock
TIME: 57:12 min
SIZE:  84,1 MB
RIP DATE: May-07-2005
RELEASE DATE: May-03-2005
WEBSITE: n/a

Track List:

01. Shine                                      03:43
02. Live The Proof                             03:49
03. Show My Face Around                        05:24
04. Underground                                03:37
05. Where's The Party                          06:38
06. Once                                       04:05
07. Made Me So Happy                           03:08
08. Talk About The Weather                     02:51
09. Let Me Believe (Evan's Lament)             04:08
10. Final Word                                 03:21
11. Slowly                                     06:08
12. Supergirl                                  03:18
13. Urhhh...Said Only 12                       07:02

Release Notes:

Truly incredible, very special 2005 release from a
long time fave of ours here at Not Lame. Check this
one out, for sure! His album mixes smart
multi-layered pop rock songs with quirky sound
snippets you`ll recognized from your youth. Modern
sounds from Jon Brion, Owsley, Julian Coryell(who
plays on a bunch of songs here), Bleu and The Grays.
Definitely some poppy Elliot Smith and The Eels/E.
This is a jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring album! On
another level, Jim Boggia is part Michael Penn,
Stevie Wonder, Todd Rungren and Brian Wilson. Boggia
writes soothing, quieting, sublime melodies inside
songs that vary from the introspective to the
rocking, upbeat band pop. Bouncy hooky, enchanting
melodies ride proudly atop simple arrangements,
letting the pop shine clearly, without hesitation.
Get a load of the guests on this: Aimee Mann, Jill
Sobule, Julian Coryell, Pete Thomas(Elvis Costello),
Wayne Kramer(MC5!) and, get this, im managed to
convince reclusive seventies pop legend Emitt Rhodes
to add Beatle-esque background vocals to the lovely,
happy-sad Let Me Believe (Evans Lament), which
Rhodes also co-wrote! What more needs to be said?
Okay, I`ll try.

Boggia plays guitar and a vast array of other
instruments such as the glockenspiel, ukulele,
Mellotron, Optigan, piano, and toy keyboards. He
incorporates these sounds within the standard
verse/chorus/bridge structure resulting in his own
new and innovative twist to pop music. The 12 track
album adds gracefully to Boggias growing songwriting
reputation which prompted the Philadelphia Weekly to
write, Varying traces of the Beatles, the
Raspberries, Big Star, Elvis Costello, Simon &
Garfunkel and even Stevie Wonder find their way into
Boggias songwriting recipe, one that is firmly
anchored in the then and now. Big Time, Extremely
Highly Recommended!

