Instructions for the two ways of becoming Alice

by Jupiter Affect

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	1.	White Knuckle Sound 03:09
	2.	Loved One's Lies 03:00
	3.	Goodbye Arthur (Le Morta D' Arthur) 03:40
	4.	Inside (Isis Rising) 04:38
	5.	I See The Sun 05:38
	6.	Michael And Mary 02:28
	7.	Druscilla I Dig Your Scene 02:51
	8.	The Chemical Wedding Of Christian Rosencruetz 05:22
	9.	Together 03:20
	10.	Bring Back the Wonderful Girl 04:19
	11.	Good Time 04:11
	12.	Ice Cream Lolly 03:20
	13.	We Don't Believe You 03:25

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Ever wish for a true follow-up to the early works by the Three O'Clock? As was so sadly predictable in those days, the quartet's move to a major-distributed label bogged them down in slicker production, diluting their delights. After the band split, singer/mainman Michael Quercio spent time in Game Theory and Permanent Green Light. But now he is all the way back with Jupiter Affect.

The notable event is the return of early Three O'Clock producer Earl Mankey, who made those early works so fresh. From Instructions, it's clear this collaboration still clicks. A number of songs are as good as anything the pair managed years ago. Few people have a deeper knowledge of the amazing records of the 1960s, let alone the ability to recreate them in modern engineering without sounding pathetically retro. Mankey makes the guitars and Quercio's boyish Anglo voice pop out of the speakers.

Quercio succeeds thanks to a large artistic grasp and sharp knack for melodies. He may never have written a song that couldn't have been released in 1967, but he's also written few songs that couldn't have been a Top 40 hit then, despite his clutch of styles. You never know what '60s-esque style is coming next, but you know you're going to like it.

This is not nostalgia; this is a strong band that turns the most familiar into the exciting, as all good rock/pop always does. Instructions is bursting with up-tempo pop joys, personality, and spark. It might even be better than Three O'Clock, as it never gets cloying or too similar to the Rutles or the Dukes of Stratosphear. Hell, it might be Quercio's most energized work since the Three O'Clock's early days as the Salvation Army. Jack Rabid - All Music Guide

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released 18 August 2012

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