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Makin
Waves
by Bob Makin
Record Roundup with Successful Failures,
Bulletproof Belv, and Lowlight
For more than a dozen years on
half a dozen full-length albums,
The Successful Failures have
been a great, ragged, edgy mix
of indie power pop and Ameri-
can-inspired roots rock. The 11-
song “Saratoga,” their seventh
collection on singer-songwriter-
guitarist-keyboardist Mick Chor-
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ba’s own FDR Label, starts right
off with that signature sound
on the opening “Because We’re
Ghosts.” The rollicking rumble
‘n’ ramble is a prime example of
the band’s patented mix of The
Beatles, The Replacements, Tom
Petty & the Heartbreakers, and
The Rolling Stones.
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