Spending Time On The Borderline

by Ozma

Overview

Ozma keep maturing as a power pop-punk outfit and shaking off the Weezer tag a bit -- in fact, at times they're reminiscent of old Split Enz, in large part because of the keyboards. But there's plenty of energy about the songs, and "Turtleneck Coverup" even shows major signs of political awareness -- growing up in public. There's more variety in the sound, both in the instruments, like acoustic guitar or keyboards codas to pieces, or even in the texture of the instruments -- witness the opening to "Spending Time." The songwriting continues to hit a high standard, although "Eponine" and "Wake Up" both seem to vanish in the moment, before "Restart" and "Lightyears Will Burn" forcefully reclaim attention. The singing is what you've come to expect, more joyous abandon than necessarily always hitting the right notes, but that's fine -- it works in the context, although you have to think that with a little more work on the vocals they could actually move into a classic pop category. Still, there's absolutely nothing wrong with this -- you've just got to wonder how far they can run in this style, though, before it becomes a dead end. ~ Chris Nickson

Product Details

Release Date:	01/12/2024
Label:	Kung Fu Records
UPC:	0889466485916
Rank:	26348

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ozma   Primary Artist
Ryen Slegr   Guitar,Vocals,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Daniel Brummel   Bass,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes,Guitar (Nylon String),Guitar (12 String Acoustic)
Barry James   Cello
Rachel Haden   Vocals
David Moyer   Sax (Baritone)
Jose Galvez   Guitar,Vocals
Gerardo Berdin   Percussion
Patrick Edwards   Drums,Synthesizer
Shmedly   Piano,Wurlitzer,Synthesizer,Organ (Hammond)
Star Wick   Flute,Keyboards
John Ritchie   Sax (Tenor)
Ezra Buchla   Viola

Technical Credits

Ryen Slegr   Composer,Group Member
Daniel Brummel   Group Member,Orchestration,Saxophone Arrangement
Joby J. Ford   Artwork
Jose Galvez   Group Member
Christopher Fudurich   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Synthesizer Programming
Ozma   Mixing,Artwork,Arranger,Engineer,Producer
Sterling Andrews   Photography
Charlie Watts   Mastering
Patrick Edwards   Group Member
Star Wick   Group Member
Chris Knight   Assistant Engineer