Following the lush over-orchestrated collection of pop-art songs featured on Colin Stack’s last album “Commercial Suicide”, comes the first full-blown production of opuses composed in the avant-pop genre on his fifth release titled, “BANG! BAM! BOOM!”  Stack’s vocals are backed up by The Leftovers, a chamber group comprised of strings, brass, woodwinds, and saxophones.  The music can best be described as an interesting blend of contemporary classical and 1920s vaudeville with a modern twist.  Some of the tunes “suggests a jazzy updating of James Taylor” while others “ably mixes Kurt Weill’s and Elvis Costello’s ways of thinking.  This attractive stuff avoids traditional verse/chorus approaches and revels in clever lyrics.” –David Cleary (New Music Connoisseur).  The listener might also hear the influences of George Gershwin, Randy Newman, early Tom Waits, and the vocal phrasings of Paul Simon.  The songs are cynical, mostly dealing with dating dysfunction and strange love.  Other songs take the listener down odd corridors of the human condition with surprising twists and turns.

While composing “BANG! BAM! BOOM!”, Colin decided to write charts that would place the orchestra in the forefront along with the voice.  This effect provides a caffeinated tapestry of sound and activity to compliment some of the odd stories and romantic misadventures outlined in the tunes.  The orchestrations are inspired by Colin’s love for early film music.  Such influential composers include Bernard Herrmann, Carl Stalling, Franz Waxman, and Alex North.   Guaranteed to provide the music lover with something different; Colin Stack and The Leftovers hope that you’ll spin their new album sometime soon.  “BANG! BAM! BOOM!” can be purchased at cd.baby.com and on itunes.