Recalling in equal measure the passion and soul of early Pretenders, the wrecked majesty of Harry Nilsson's PUSSY CATS album and the humor and indignation of the great Mekons. The Mendoza Line's latest release is a meditation on the abuse of power and those who are left in it's wake: The spiritually and economically disenfranchised, the isolated and ruined, those who are lost ore are simply trying to disappear. This is their 7th album, an elaborate alchemy of classic sounds with contemporary pop sensibility. quot;Indie pop, baroque country-folk and new wave are whipped into a amiable froth that manages to simultaneously evoke X Richard and Linda Thompson, early Wilco and Elvis Costello - No Depressionquot; quot;Their most confident sounding release. Few bands can make desperation sound so all-embracing and enticing - Mojoquot;
