the of mirror eye

* Number One Cup: Ease Back Down (4.5 mb) | Concordia (4.0 mb) | So Inclined (10.5 mb) From Wrecked By Lions : Flydaddy Records

Back in my colllege radio days, I was fully enamored (and still am) with the Chicago music scene. Being in a small college town, I was always jealous of the goings ons in the huge midwest city. So, whenever I saw that a band was Chicago based, my ears would prick up and I’d pay a little more attention.

So, that’s how I heard about this band, Number One Cup. Hailing from Chicago, their debut album Possum Trout Plan was hailed as an power-pop masterpiece. They very successfully melodic songwriting with moments of distortion and vocal harmonies. But what intrigued me the most was their album release party. They invited 12 different bands to each play songs off their album. I thought that was totally awesome.

Well, fast forward two years from their debut and we’ve got this one, Wrecked By Lions. And it’s every bit the power-pop masterpiece that their first album was.