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20th May 2008

Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – Catnip Dynamite

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Just a little creepy Pop-pianist extraordinaire Roger Joseph Manning Jr. has released another scrumptious pop opus with Catnip Dynamite. Full of quirky kazoos and fanciful track titles, Catnip Dynamite should exude total cheesiness and yet it comes across as thoroughly interesting and entertaining. The wide-eyed cheeriness of Manning Jr.’s voice is truly original, while his pop sensibilities are a cross between that of Elton John and classic 70′s TV show themes. If you’re at all familiar with The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, that might give you an idea to the actual sound of Catnip Dynamite, but in truth it’s pretty hard to ‘genre-fy’ this album. The slow ballad “My Girl” is entirely different from the excellently medieval pop of “Tinsel Town”. “Love’s Never Half as Good” is surely the highlight on this album with trippy pianos, while the surfer-friendly and hippie-certified “American Affluenza” are also sure to please.

Get yourself a copy of Catnip Dynamite. The album art is awesome, so if that convinces you…

Listen to “Love’s Never Half as Good” (4.8/5)

Listen to “American Affluenza” (4.5/5)

There are currently 3 responses to “Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – Catnip Dynamite”

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1 On May 20th, 2008, eddie said:
sounds like Donny Osmond

posted on May 20th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
2 On May 28th, 2008, girlrandy said:
Brilliant artist- his songwriting sensibility has matured since I first discovered Jellyfish. I want to own every piece of music this young man has recorded — to see him perform live – well, that would be sublime humanoid catnip for me …

posted on May 28th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
3 On April 9th, 2009, Jack Crompton said:
Rogers a very rare talent… and alchemist really. He embodies all of the most influential musical styles of the last quarter century or so, mixes them up and delivers brand new incarnations in a seemingly never ending smorgashborg of gourmet sound canvasses of such diverse and surprising nature as to leave this listener speechless. Not only that, but his lyrics are smart, witty and clever and contrary to so much of pop music, this guy has something of real substance to say. I could live in his world forever.

posted on April 9th, 2009 at 11:26 am

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