When Christopher Moll linked up with Maco Monthervil, The Lovers Key project rocketed off in a blaze of soulful sounds and retro pop-infused tracks that finally manifested itself in their 2014 debut album, Here Today, Gone Tomorrow. The Lovers Key blends some exceedingly retro musical influences with a leading voice that sounds as if someone joined a talent reminiscent of Marvin Gaye with the Bee Gees and smoothed over the seam with a creamy spread of peanut butter. Yum!
The vibe works pretty well. So much so that Moll’s involvement with indie pop group, The Postmarks, seems to have rekindled itself, resulting in a pretty funky remix of The Lovers Key’s “Saturday Night” that made it onto the deluxe version of the album.
At first, listening to the remix itself felt bizarre in the same way that putting underglow on a Dodge Charger might look a little out of place to bystanders. Although the lyrics, much like the original, aren’t much to speak of—the words “Saturday night” still comprise over 50% of the song—a groovy bass thump and synth run have since replaced the staccato, rock organ chord pumps to contrast with 1960’s rock hall feel of the original. Combined with vocal harmonies of The Postmarks’ Tim Yehezkely, these revamps are enough to make this an interesting play, and not a bad song to cruise around to overall.
3/5
