The Smyrna Band
Raise Up the Standard
1985 Lamb Records (LA-1211-C)
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
Side 1:
- Raise Up the Standard
- Red Line
- Straight for the Heart
Side 2:
- Hard Days
- Ask Me Now
- You Can’t Run
The Smyrna Band returns with their second EP. This one starts off sounding like they have gone lighter/more pop than their last album with the fist track, but then they change course on the next two songs. Both of those sound a bit heavier than their last EP. Then it is two more light pop rock songs, and finally a return to hard rock on the album closer. I didn’t like this one quite as much as the first EP, but it was still a solid EP. I just need to find copy of their full length album to see where that one falls in the pop rock/hard rock spectrum. Also, it seems that the mystery of the label from the last EP was solved here – it really is the same Cherry Grove Records that put out Roy Suthard. The address for the band is now in Myrtle Beach, SC. It seems that decided to start putting out other music after the move?
Missing Information: who played what on this ep?
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