The Changes "Today is Tonight" (Drama Club)
By Emily Trinks
Monday. Oct 02, 12:02 AM
Chock full of whimsy and preprogrammed keyboard beats.

There’s a lyric in a British Sea Power song that goes “I’ll drink by day / and play by night / on my Casio / electric piano.” It strikes me that this line is much more fitting to The Changes and their oeuvre, considering that every song on their debut album sounds like it was written on the keyboard late at night.

Now, just because a song sounds like it was written on the keyboard late at night, doesn’t have to be a dark, alcohol-fueled mopefest. There’s more than a twinge of melancholy and heartbreak, but there’s no wallowing. Maybe it’s grown-up pop music or maybe it’s just the keys… there’s not much wallowing one can do when there’s a sparkly keyboard beat behind you, I suppose.

Even though the album is cohesive and sounds like “an album,” the songs don’t sound all the same. They range from twee to disco to “dance-y rock” but work together rather seamlessly. That’s a challenge that’s rarely met. Standouts include the dreamy “On a String,” the coy “Twilight,” the relentless “Such a Scene,” and the catchy “When I Sleep” (aside: although I’m a total track-on-repeat girl, I haven’t succumbed to it in a while. Until this song).

The Changes have been a “Chicago band” for a while. Today is Tonight could propel them to be the new favorite band of your favorite indie-yuppie, even the ones on the coasts.
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www.dramaclubrecords.com

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