The Airport 77s - Don't Let Go [LP]

Cat. no: PSL1045
Format: LP
Barcode: 020286245315
Release Date: 30 May 2025
Genre: Rock

Don't Let Go, the third release from The Airport 77s, fnds the DC trio stretching further beyond their power pop roots with a collection of songs that veers from wistful to exuberant

For this record, guitarist Andy Sullivan and drummer John Kelly have recruited veteran bassist Cal Everett, who brings a McCartney- esque sophistication to the group's bottom end. You'll fnd the 77's signature eighth-note chug married to a robotic groove on "Like Falling in Love"; full-throated AM AOR on "1999 (Take Me Back)" and "Anyone But You"; and "Make 'Em Pay (Don't Make It Easy), an outlaw ballad in the tradition of Robert Earl Keene and Townes Van Zandt.

LP Tracks: 1999 (Take Me Back) / Like Falling in Love / Anyone But You / Make 'Em Pay (Don't Make it Easy) / Summer Can't Wait / If It's On, I'm In / Don't Let Go / Girl on Fire / She's Everything / The Hands of Time / Satellite