Frank Bango - Touchy/Feely (2012)

Tracklist

01. Defenseless
02. Knowing You're Around
03. Not a Word
04. Night Song
05. Too Lazy to Love You
06. Kissing Bugs Kissing
07. Couldn't Possibly
08. What Kind of Saturday Is This?
09. I'm Not Here
10. Astronaut I'm Not
11. Your Stop
12. We Say Things
13. Something Made Me Want to Kiss You

New York City-based singer and songwriter Frank Bango‘s accessible, classic-sounding pop songs sound refreshingly familiar, almost as if they came out of another less frantic and noisy era. All of this is by design, since Bango and his longtime co- writer, Richy Vesecky, have always aimed for a kind of Brill Building approach in their songs. Handling all steps of the process D.I.Y., from writing, producing, and recording to distribution and marketing, Bango has released four albums on his own Sincere Recordings imprint since 1994, I Set Myself on Fire Today, Fugitive Girls, The Unstudied Sea, and The Sweet Songs of Decay.
New album Touchy Feely is a wonderful comeback for Bango to the positive melodic goodness of “Defenseless,” full of layered McCartneyesque touches. Bango’s nasal vocal works perfectly on the psychedelic melody “Not a Word” and the yearning ballad “Night Song” is almost like Elvis Costello. Other highlights include “Too Lazy Too Love You,” “What Kind Of Saturday” and the jangly treat “Astronaut I’m Not.”

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