{"id":26004,"date":"2023-09-09T05:30:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T09:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=26004"},"modified":"2023-09-11T10:07:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T14:07:13","slug":"album-review-the-mommyheads-coney-island-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/09\/album-review-the-mommyheads-coney-island-kid\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: The Mommyheads &#8212; Coney Island Kid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26005\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mommyheads_coney.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mommyheads_coney.jpg 350w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mommyheads_coney-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mommyheads_coney-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>It\u2019s like they never left! While New York City band <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/30\/the-mommyheads-chill-about-everything-except-global-warming\/\">the Mommyheads<\/a> were reasonably prolific during their initial run, releasing five albums in a decade, the group went quiet for some ten years after that. And when they returned circa \u201808, the group embarked upon a two-track approach: they reissued expanded version of their earlier work \u2013 getting it in front of a new audience who missed it the first time \u2018round \u2013 and served up a tasty succession of new releases as well.<\/p>\n<p>These days The Mommyheads produce about an album (and a coffee mug to match it) nearly every year. And the quality never flags. Their latest, <i>Coney Island Kid<\/i> is excellent both on its own merits and as the latest in a succession of an unbroken run of top-notch releases (following on from 2020\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/13\/album-review-the-mommyheads-new-kings-of-pop\/\">New Kings of Pop<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/28\/21720\/\"><i>Age of Isolation<\/i><\/a> in 2021, and 2022\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/23\/album-review-the-mommyheads-genius-killer\/\"><i>Genius Killer<\/i><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>While the Mommyeads are nominally alt- and\/or indie-rock, the character of <i>Coney Island Kid<\/i> is as much prog- and\/or art-rock as anything else. And while those undercurrents have long been part of the inventive group\u2019s style, here the ambitious arrangement seem more pronounced. And that\u2019s all to the good. The opening title track is as wide-screen wonderful as anything in the group&#8217;s large body of work. In fact it likely ranks among the Mommyheads\u2019 most shining musical moments.<\/p>\n<p>The songs on <i>Coney Island Kid<\/i> combine strong melodic sense, arrangement that invite close listening, and the band\u2019s trademark thoughtful and intelligent lyrics. There are hints of melancholy throughout the record \u2013 hey\u2019 it\u2019s been a few tough year \u2013 but there\u2019s also a durability of spirit on display throughout the record.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s uncommon for an artist to reach a creative peak decades into their career. It\u2019s rare still to sustain said peak across multiple releases. With <i>Coney Island Kid<\/i>, the Mommyheads have done both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s like they never left! 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