From All Music Guide: Group members: Ronnie Vance; Dave Peterson; Christine Smith; David Bielanko; Adam Garbinski; Danny Metz; Serge Bielanko; Kirk Henderson

Recording Info: Board, Nashville, TN; Room

From All Music Guide: Kids in Philly is stunning in its diversity, and even more stunning in its ambition. The album forges its own confident, note-perfect rock & roll sound, while practicing the type of effortless stylistic hopping that hadn't been executed to such wonderful effect since the heyday of the Fab Four. It is a relentlessly infectious and mature album that displays an uncommon artistic authenticity. You would be hard-pressed to pinpoint Marah's direct precedents because their music is an entirely singular innovation. There are moments that recall both Bob Dylan (particularly the lyrical insight) and Bruce Springsteen, the roots rock and the white soul of early solo Van Morrison, while "Round Eye Blues" has the same slinky beat that lurks in "Every Breath You Take." Sonic touchstones pulled from the great eras of rock music's hallowed past -- bone-crunching acoustic guitar runs, punchy soul horns, block-party gospel background vocals, and ever-present banjo -- are boldly injected into the songs ...

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