KEENE IS KEEN!
NEW YORK—Like an elephant, Kruschev or Pepperidge Farm, Tommy Keene remembers. He remembers the pulse quickening pop songs of then and now—and he remembers that great music is made by inspired individualists, not re-hash artists. While Tommy Keene’s streamlined pop stylings may offer brief glimmers of anybody from the Grass Roots to Mott The Hoople to Robyn Hitchcock, comparisons are a deadend.
KEENE IS KEEN!
NEW YORK—Like an elephant, Kruschev or Pepperidge Farm, Tommy Keene remembers. He remembers the pulse quickening pop songs of then and now—and he remembers that great music is made by inspired individualists, not re-hash artists. While Tommy Keene’s streamlined pop stylings may offer brief glimmers of anybody from the Grass Roots to Mott The Hoople to Robyn Hitchcock, comparisons are a deadend. Tommy Keene remembers that glistening guitars can still have plenty of muscle and that carefully shaded vocal harmonies make a song more intriguing every time you hear it.
