This Melbourne, Australia quartet has a feel for the glossy harmonies of
the Beatles,
the Beach Boys, and
the Everly Brothers, but with a '90s sensibility. The sitar hook on "Get Set," for example, shares more kinship with
Kula Shaker than
George Harrison, but the song's four-part harmonies are every bit as
Beatlesque. With production by Jack Joseph Puig (
Goo Goo Dolls,
Semisonic),
Imaginate is a slick record with rough edges being smoothed by strings, softly distorted guitars, and
Bacharach-style horn sections -- a true bid for pop radio. ~ Steve Kurutz, Rovi
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