Cats in Space
Daytrip to Narnia

The cats that race around in their spaceship returns in order to visit the wardrobe in order to make a daytrip to Narnia, and I guess we are all invited. It is their third stop and the now familiar spaceship is always inviting whenever and wherever they stop. At least our reviewer thinks so; he has bought t-shirts and vinyls of all albums so far. That means this album has something to live up to, and on the artwork front it does really well, so the white vinyl could be a worthy choice to add to the collection of vinyl records.

Their style is the familiar and purrfectly catchy poppy AOR that could be described as AOR or power pop depending on how you look at it. The most striking feature is the catchy choruses and the strong melodies and the one who knows their cats will recognise the style of their furry friends. It is a slightly longer album than the previous one and it has a story of Johnny Rocket that spans several tracks, a pretty neat space adventure. Then it is those familiar but yet fresh songs that these cats have done for three albums now. And as usual the sound is excellent and my cat consultant Pepper says that it is a worthy successor to Scarecrow although not quite as good.

I on the other hand think that it is probably just as good, and it has several great tracks. She Talks too Much I can do without as that doesn’t really add anything to the whole of the album. But overall I would say that it is close between all the albums by these guys, it lacks the novelty and impact the first album has due to them making rather familiar music that doesn’t strike me in the same way as the debut did but it is a great album nonetheless. The Story of Johnny Rocket along with Hologram Man, Tragic Alter Ego and Narnia are probably the most impactful tracks on this album that makes quite an impact. It manages to look far into the rear view mirror while still remaining fairly fresh and when it comes to the catchy and poppy AOR music they are probably second to none, this album is another example of their quality.

I think their journey to Narnia is one in triumph, like all cats they rule their area and no one can stop them. I can’t really find any bigger flaws when it comes to this album, the song I mentioned along with the very familiar style could be considered on if you want to be very critical but who can be that when you are listening to wonderful music? In the end I think that this album will be enjoyed by those who are already fans of the great music of the cats, and by those not yet realising that they are fans of the great music of these cats. Lets go for that daytrip to Narnia!

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