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featured review: (8.5/10)

Mmm, the sweet taste of indie pop. Everyone loves it. There’s nothing better than a catchy guitar hook or a chorus that just screams to be accompanied by your amateur voice. You know who I’m talking about–Beulah, Neutral Milk Hotel, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, The Unicorns & co. This is the best music; the stuff that doesn’t require you to be a pondering pseudo-intellectual or an indie hipster to be enjoyed. People don’t want to hear Efrim Menuck and his buddies go on twenty minute orchestral jams just so he can show you how anti-mainstream he is; people want music they can hum on their way to work, dammit.

Keeping that in mind, enter Mike Ferraro…His songs are full of unbearably catchy pop hooks, wonderful melodies and a heartfelt intensity. “Lovers Only Love” is the catchiest song I’ve heard in ages…instantly enjoyable and unbelievably catchy…Most of his music is available free/cheap on his website, so what do you have to lose? The five minutes you spend could help you discover a new favorite artist or a release to look forward to in the next year or so. Cheers, Mike!

–Jeremy Cohen