The Mopes -=- "Baby Doll"

coaxed listeners to grab their hula hoops and head out for a beach blanket blowout -- mixing "Monster Mash" vocals, cool cat snaps and chanted nonsense choruses in an ode to '60s surf -- their follow-up is a coherent album about the suppressed sighs and temporary truces of long-term relationships. The '60s surf sound lingers in the album's three instrumental songs, which are part spaghetti western, part Ventures, and a guitar tone that's more rock than pop, especially the Chuck Berry style ...


















