Joe Moore's project is one of those groups that means so much to Elefant Records. First, because of their songs and lyrics, and everything they want to transmit with them. But also because of what the music means to him, the way he lives and interprets it: a special project, made and managed in his own studio, that with a few other things makes up a personal universe that is exciting, independent, separate from any other kind of precepts from the music industry, his very own. That's why we are so happy to be able to get our hands on an album like "Evening Souvenirs", THE YEARNING's second album. This new material is a marvelous surprise. The delicious arrangements, that romantic halo, and Maddie Dobie's fascinating voice are still there on almost the entire album. But while "Dreamboats & Lemonade" looks to sixties pop from the most cheerful girl-group perspective, "Evening Souvenirs" is a slow, deliberate, nocturnal (as the name itself indicates) album, with echoes of lounge music and "chanson", of bossa and chamber pop, with touches of Sarah and ?l Records' melancholy, Burt Bacharach soundtracks. Reminds the label to Nany and Lee, Linda Ronstadt and Stan Getz.
