Fireworks Go Up! is led by guitarist/vocalist Dan Coutant (ex-Joshua), one of the more articulate/intelligent jagged-pop writers to come along recently.
The tunes, recording, thematic concerns, beats, and melodies are all right on, unless you don’t like the Stones’ “Get Off My Cloud.” Or The Von Bondies.
Hit flows as well as any new studio album, from sombre pieces to full-out rockers without compromising Gabriel’s meshing of electronica, world music, and pop.