Old Enough to Forget

Another one of those, "I wonder what this sounds like" albums I found in a bin. It was still shrink-wrapped, which is always fun. The cover didn't yield a release date, but this looked mid-'80s and the guys looked like they were going to sound like ABC or Depeche Mode ... or worst case Duran Duran, or worster case, they'd be a boy band. You know what they say about judging a book by its cover. Well, in this case I got more or less what I was hoping for. From the opening notes of "Let Her Fall" this was that dreamy blend of rock and synth-pop. It had a lot of guitars, and there were times I got hints of INXS and Simple Minds ... of course I could have easily said it sounded like a-ha and Pseudo Echo and I'd still be right. First (The Sound of Music) was the band's debut, and it came out in '87. By this time the '80s had developed a sound and Then Jerico knew what they were doing. Now, as much as I'd like to write a love letter to the ...