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Despite focusing on one specific style of music, Leftover Cuties manage to find quite a few distinct sounds over the 12 tracks on Places to Go. The title track is a bit more contemporary than the rest of the album, in that its reminiscent of ‘50s doo-wop and early ‘60’s girl-group pop with its bouncy beat and stylophone synthesizer. “Not One” is a slow, dark song, made more eerie by Johnson’s restrained cymbal rolls and the quiet use of singing saw in the background. “By Morning” is a gentle blues track that finds Nicholsen subtly using hollow-body electric guitar under the chorus. The album hits its closing stretch with a pair of upbeat songs. The swinging “Should’ve Left You” is a catchy track that is crying out for a scat solo that never comes, and “Sunnyside” is appropriately the album’s brightest track. It’s not quite a reinterpretation of the jazz classic “Sunny Side of the Street”, but there’s definitely a resemblance in the music as well as the title.
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