Album Review: Tommy Keene 'Laugh In The Dark'

Courtesy Second Motion Records

Tommy Keene’s twelfth album Laugh In The Dark, will release this Friday, September 4th on Second Motion Records. The album is a collection of ten all new melody driven pop tunes-seasoned with a hefty dose of rock-that were written and recorded in a six month period last year. It’s an appealing listen from start to finish that, beginning with the opening track, may find you recalling the British bands of the 1980’s (in a good way), as well as the Beatles and Zeppelin throughout. Opening track “Out Of My Mind” is followed by the instantly catchy (and incredibly short) “Dear Heloise” and the infectious “Last of The Twilight Girls.” Personal favorites like the buoyant “All The Lights Are Alive,” and “I Want It To Be Over Now” as well as “Laugh In The Dark” and “I Belong To You” round out the record, which concludes with the slightly psychedelic and epic (in sound and length, at over six minutes long) “All Gone Away.”

With Laugh In The Dark, Keene who has been making music for well over three decades, continues to create memorable and melodic tunes delivered by a sweetly, sensitive voice.

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