Running Mary Disappointed (TVT Records 1993)

  

   You cannot fighting the feelings for fell into the love-trap on Jangle Pop when suddenly, the guitar melodic oriented and the reflecting story lyrics of the Southland captures your heart which you cannot lied anymore for liking the good special Alternative Rock music performing by The Connells. The guaranteed efforts from this Raleigh, NC band as well counts as their fifth studio release - Ring shall in a minute or two becoming one of your ultimate favorite records from the nineties of US Pop Alternative scene as rare collections. By following the success of other names like Gin Blossoms or Toad The Wet Sprocket, The Connells might finding themselves standing in the middle of the intersection between hope and prayer or sitting duck but luckily, the prediction for them is smartly secured by the topping of their ballad of Indie Folk single hit on the radio or MTV: '74-'75 that splashing the group fortune with cash and fame even when it happens only for the instant. not much people knowing this band permanently outside US but at least, when they're listening to the songs like Slackjawed, Carry My Picture, Doin' You or Find Out; they will later on singing or humming quietly following the harmony made well pretty by those six piece group led by Doug Mc Millan and Mike Connell.


   Their music will reminding you about the walk home from fishing on a late Autumn afternoon.
Any Day Now ...

Ring:
https://myzuka.fm/Album/107035/The-Connells-Ring-1994