With a keenly awaited, star-studded salute to power pop legends THE FLASHCUBES – the aptly-titled MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN! -- on the way on CD and Streaming in mere weeks, the band themselves return with the new single “If These Hands.” Out August 29 on all digital platforms, it's the third in the trilogy of new tunes to be included in the collection alongside new versions of their classics recorded by their acclaimed friends and fans. “If These Hands” is up for pre-order and pre-save from Big Stir Records now:
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By now the indie pop world has had a look at the artists lined up to put their own spins on the FLASHCUBES songbook on MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN! A TRIBUTE TO THE FLASHCUBES (out September 12 on CD and streaming). It's an impressive roster, including the band's fellow veterans The Spongetones, Sorrows, The Kennedys, Graham Parker and Mike Gent (of The Figgs) alongside the leading lights of the current scene (Librarians With Hickeys, Chris von Sneidern, sparkle*jets u.k. and many more). At the same time, THE FLASHCUBES have been enjoying robust worldwide indie radio airplay and chart action for two completely new singles: “Reminisce,” from guitarist PAUL ARMSTRONG, and “The Sweet Spot” with bassist GARY FRENAY in the spotlight. They're the first two of a promised trio of singles, and the third arrives now, two weeks before all three bow as part of the tribute record, and as one might expect, the brand new “If These Hands” sees the third world-class songwriter in the band's, guitarist ARTY LENIN, step to the forefront.
What's more, “If These Hands” completes a well-rounded portrait of all the strengths that have made THE FLASHCUBES worthy of a tribute album to begin with. If “Reminisce” is the rocker and “The Sweet Spot” is the anthem, this new track is the ballad... and a gorgeous one at that. Heartfelt and soaring, dripping with hooks in both its vocal melody and the guitar lines, it's an instant Flashcubes classic and one of the strongest tracks on an album that is, by definition, a distillation of the very best these Power Pop Hall Of Famers have to offer. The production, handled as on the band's most recent hit album (the acclaimed covers collection POP MASTERS) by drummer TOMMY ALLEN, hits the perfect balance between rock energy and pop sweetness.
It's a testament to THE FLASHCUBES that their own newest material, crafted well into their fifth decade as a band, stands so tall amongst the songs collected by producer/curator CARL CAFARELLI for the tribute album. “If These Hands” leaps out of a track sequence that's stacked with hooks and harmonies as an essential standout. It'll likewise surely follow THE FLASHCUBES' recent hits onto the airwaves and into the hearts of fans worldwide while they count the days until MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN! brings the band's full story – for now! – to their doorstep.