Trench Town Oddities - Days & Nights

Acoustic Folk Southern Rock Reggae mixed together with the atmosphere of , Outdoor drinking Campfires, Backyard Barbecues, and entertaining summer nights is what Days & Nights can be summed up to be described as.

Trench Town Oddities is a five piece band that resides themselves out of Cornwall Ontario. The members of Trench Town Oddities are Sean Harley on Lead Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards and also plays Percussion, Sean is also the founding member of the band. Steve Restinetti plays Lead Guitar and Vocals. On Bass Guitar and Backing Vocals it is Nick Kalil. On the Skins and Percussion Randy Lalonde takes the seat for the job, also on Drums and Percussion plus vocals there is Todd Harrington.

On Days & Nights there are a total of eight songs. The one song that stood right out to me was when I read the back of the album case was “Hand In My Pocket”. I think this is the first time that I have seen a band cover this Alanis song in particular. I must say I was a little intrigued when I read this and I had to listen to this song first before any of the other songs. Overall the cover of the song was done fairly well the only thing I might have changed in the song was the vocals. Not the entire vocals in the song but just where the vocals went into a higher pitch. I guess that is the problem when guys vocals need to cover women vocals in songs. I find it is hard to create the same atmosphere and characteristics of the song when the song is covered by the other gender.

“Working Again” is one of the few of songs that I like the most off of the album. The opening acoustics were an immediate ear catcher for me. This song is the perfect example of the description that I gave to describe their music. Another mention that I must make is the well rounded vocals which are an extra additive to the song. The vocals seem to be at the perfect tone all throughout the song and adapt to the song perfectly. If there was another reason why you need read about before you buy this album here it is, the music video that is added to the special features that appears when you put the cd into your computer. If you don’t get a laugh out of the video like I did, you probably don’t have a sense of humour then.

“End Up Here” is my next favourite song on the album. The song follows right after “Working Again”. There is a combination of properties that make this song another favourite of mine. The lyrics are one and the acoustics is another. But I would have to say that I enjoy the acoustics more. If you are an acoustic fan as I am you will enjoy this album throughout all the songs. Particularly in this song where there is an instrumental break in the song, and there are larger breaks between the lyrics where there is just the instruments playing. The reason why I like the lyrics in this song is because of these two lines and also how the last line is repeated throughout the song, it is sort of a real life description for me.

“We both knew that I would end up here
So why don’t you just pass me my beer.“