Moods for Moderns

By Chris Handyside

Jan 12, 2000 at 12:00 am

Audio By Carbonatix

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Yup, they pay homage to Mr. Costello in their name and in their music. But Moods For Moderns make excursions into the enitre landscape of that uniquely catchy, oddly-marginalized world known as Power Pop (as practiced by the descendents of the Beatles who trace a not-so-direct lineage from the Fab Four through Badfinger to modern practitioners such as Sloan and Zumpano). Bittersweet, catchy-as-all-hell and fully aware of the power of the hook and the chiming chorus, Moods For Moderns make you feel less guilty about singing along.