It is not that Mark Vennis sounds like any one person in particular; it is more that you can hear the creative echo of so many great artists, so many cool bands running through the music he makes with Different Place. And it isn’t even the same hallowed hero each time, more the resonance of greatness in general. I guess it is Mark’s ability to write songs with all the hallmarks of, what can only be called classic music rather than merely copy what has gone before that makes things so damn infectious and authentic.
This time out, you can’t help but draw parallels between “All The Years” and The Clash’s dubbier moments, particularly those songs where Paul Simonon could be felt driving the bus, taking the band on a journey through the backstreets of seventies Brixton as two sevens clashed in a punky reggae party.
The single also comes with a remixed, heavier take on the song, a version, in the reggae sense of the meaning, that is deeper, bassier, dubbier, darker, and gets more phased and far out as it heads for its final destination.
“All The Years” coincides with the first time on vinyl, re-release of Sunrise, and an album that expands on the punky singer-songwriter sound meets full-band sonics into epic Springsteen-esque grandeur and Boomtown Rats’ punky pop grit.
If you missed out on picking up the album the first time around, now is the perfect opportunity to get it in all its vinyl glory. If you did buy it at the time, then you are definitely a music collector of discerning taste and should add this to your record collection immediately. Remember, everything sounds better on vinyl.
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