Here's a little something from Miracle Legion, a band that hailed from New Haven, Connecticut. Robert Christgau of the Village Voice gave their little Ep a sterling grade, and I went out and picked it up. Mark Mulcahy is indeed an excellent songwriter, well respected among his peers. In 2009 Ciao My Shining Star was released which was a tribute to his songs, and also a fundraiser for Mulcahy, whose wife had recently died. There was a litany of well-known artists contributing, including Thom York, Michael Stipe, Frank Black, Dinosaur, Jr., Frank Turner, Josh Rouse, and The National. Check out the Mezzotint label and you will see available most of Mulcahy's solo works, some Miracle Legion in a variety of formats, and even Polaris, where Mulcahy made music for the wonderful series on Nickelodeon Pete and Pete. But the title song of The Backyard ep is a janglepop song that always evokes for me what childhood was like, probably as spot-on as any songwriter could. That song is available as a track on Volume 14 of Rhino's Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the 80's.
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