Look out, Quinzy –  Paper Moon is back to challenge you for the title of Best Local Pop Band. In stores this coming Tuesday, Apr. 7, Only During Thunderstorms is a concise collection of 10 whimsical pop gems. Previous releases One Thousand Reasons to Stay… One Reason to Leave (2002) and Broken Hearts Break Faster Every Day landed the band’s music on TV shows like Party of Five and Queer as Folk, so there’s no telling where standout tracks like What Are You Going to Do With Me? and People Were Talking… will take them. This is easily one of the two or three best local releases of 2009 so far. Catch them live on Friday, May 1 when they play their CD release show at The Pyramid.

Published in Volume 63, Number 26 of The Uniter (April 2, 2009)