The Connection

The Connection – Let It Rock (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 37:28 minutes | 461 MB | Genre: Garage Rock, Power Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Collectors Club Records – King Yum

The Connection have found solid footing on “Let It Rock” compared to their earlier 7 inch releases. This outing finds them with a much fuller sound and less amateurish production. “Let It Rock” sounds like it was thought up and recorded in the 60’s. That’s a good thing because this is the kind of record you wanna play from beginning to end, cuddling next to a fire place. There’s plenty of warm, analog goodness for any audiophile out there to appreciate.
Speaking of ‘beginning to end” that’s another unique quality of “Let It Rock”, it’s solid from start to finish. Quite honestly, that’s a really hard thing for any album to accomplish nowadays.
This four-piece have been voted in having the “Coolest Song in the World” a whopping four times in one year by Bruce Springsteen guitarist and Sopranos fan favorite – Steve Van Zandt. I can pretty much end this review because when E-Street legend Zandt says your band- “Gets it”, there’s just very little for me to say.

– Review taken from www.tuffgnarl.com, A Community of Writers Covering Pop Culture’s Hidden Gems.

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The Connection – Labor Of Love (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44.1kHz | Time – 30:48 minutes | 378 MB | Genre: Garage Rock / Power Pop
Official Digital Download – Source: Bandcamp |  @ Rum Bar Records

They’ve been applauded by rock pioneer, visionary, and former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham. They’re championed by “E Street” legend Little Steven Van Zandt and heard just about every day on the Underground Garage. Now The Connection on the roll again with their new album. – “Labor Of Love” is the soundtrack to the love child of Nick Lowe, Flamin’ Groovies, the Kinks, and Graham Parker stumbling through the Bowery with the swagger of Exile-era Rolling Stones; finishing off the night by passing out on the Ramones’ studio floor. (more…)