On Sunshine
Collective's Twitter profile, the description is "Fun yet sophisticated
music for parents and kids alike."
Having that
in mind, I expected something geared more for children, though that wasn't
really the case. The songs are accessible to children. There are songs about
grown-up relationships, but a reference to "heat" does not put it
anywhere in a dangerous area. Stephanie Richards' vocals generally keeps the
songs in a higher register, which may also be child-friendly, but it's nothing
where you would feel like you would need children to listen to it.
(And if you
do have children, child-friendly music for adults is certainly a better
approach than Kidz Bop.)
For the
overall sound, it reminds me of Jill Sobule, obviously with differences in
content, and maybe some lighter Buffy Sainte-Marie. The music pulls from many
different musical eras, sometimes sounding a little '20s or '30s, and then
moving up. The best surprise is that finding that combination of strings and
drums that I liked so much at the beginning of "This Day" (it has
sort of a railroad feel, and it gets you) involves Gin Blossoms guitarist Jesse
Valenzuela.
Music can
be purchased via CDBaby, iTunes, Amazon, and Bandcamp.
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