Music Review: Band Of The Week - Willie Herath - Cohgie Never Landed - Page 2

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“Come Home” is a ballad with an aching heart. This slower, beautiful track is a heart-felt plea from one lover to another. The acoustic feel of this melancholy and passionate song will tug at your emotions. Also on the slower side are “Drive”, “Something’s Broken”, “Hollywood”, and “Back And Forth”. Even through these acoustic, singer-songwriter style tracks are more sombre than the rest, you can still feel the influences of the Beach Boys and Weezer in there. The passion is never over-bearing, the woebegone emotion never out of sync. Willie slows it down without coming to a complete stop.

Cohgie Never LandedThe sunny-side favourites are “Shake It Up Baby”, “Wake Up June”, “So Perfect” and “On The Way Back Home”. The last song is Willie’s comical taken on being stuck in traffic, on a hot day, with no air conditioning, and then getting stuck behind a little old lady doing 15 in a 50 zone. You won’t be able to keep the laughter from bubbling up.

Cohgie Never Landed is a picnic on the beach for everyone — sun, surf, sand and a bit of beach volleyball, even a romantic walk, hand in hand along the beach through the waxing tide and waning sun. Willie Herath has written and recorded a album that will make you smile, that will make your heart smile, too. Cohgie Never Landed will inspire you. You will feel young, vital, and eager for activity after the very first listen.

You can hear some of the tracks from Cohgie Never Landed on Willie's MySpace space. It is also available to download from iTunes. You can also purchase Cohgie Never Landed at Willie's secure online shop.

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