What the CL Music Team is jamming this fine Monday to rocket launch the work week. To check out previous entries, click here.

Andrew – Surfer Blood, Tarot Classics EP (2011)
Just a brief four songs, but if they're any indication, this South Florida fivesome's got a future worth the attention. Tarot yields a healthy dose of the reverby, anthemic surf rock that made Astro Coast so memorable, yet progresses enough to work as more than an obvious, b-side graveyard. "Drinking Problem" is an eerie, jungle-like departure from any track they've laid to tape before and the clearest beacon of palatable progression on Tarot Classics, while "Miranda" works as hip-swinging, cheery ode to their beachy sonic lineage.

Gabe – Style Council, Café Bleu (1984)
Paul Weller's debut album with his post-Jam project Style Council was met with equal amounts animosity and warmth. The diehard legion of Jam fans was less-than-pleased with Weller's newfound role as smooth jazz/pop crooner; the UK record buying public was elated with the breezy, jazz-influenced pop and helped propel the record to the top of the charts along with several singles that were lifted from it. This record still sounds adventurous to me today and only helps illustrate the diversity Mr. Weller is capable of. "My Ever Changing Moods" is not only one of the greatest singles released in the 1980's — I'll go as far as to say it's one of the greatest of all time. It's only now, several decades later, that the layers of soul, jazz, and R&B found on these fine recordings are being fully realized and appreciated. A perfect record to chase away the Monday blues and make the day seem a whole lot better.

This article appears in Nov 3-9, 2011.

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