Hannah Mohan was the lead singer in a band called And the Kids, who apparently released three albums between 2015 and their dissolution in 2020. Another victim of the plague. I have never even heard of that band before, but to be honest, there is SO MUCH music released that I miss lots of things.

Mohan is now working with Egghunt Records, who send me a lot of promos. I think this is the first one that I have reviewed, and I think it is the most consistently impressive record they have sent me.

Mohan makes catchy pop music with a little hint of folk rock thrown in. There are many people making this kind of music – three or four records similar to this flow past my inbox each month, and that's at an obscure music site like EvilSponge!

This album is also, in many ways, an Alex Toth album. Alex Toth is a sort of busybody producer and musician in New York. He pops up on or is involved with quite a few promos I get. The thing is, Toth has a heavy hand. The music that he works with tends to get messy, almost too complicated and over produced.

The perfect example is his primary band, Rubblebucket. Rubblebucket have some incredibly catchy tunes, but each of their records (at least the ones that I have listened to) eventually gets weighted down by the sheer mass of trying to do too much.

Well, in working with Mohan, it seems that Toth has found some balance. Or, maybe Mohan was able to reign him in a bit. Whichever it was, I am pleased with this collaboration.

The record starts with a four song sweep of amazingly catchy tunes. Up first is the title track. It starts a little folky, then a horn comes in to be joined by percussion, and the little folk tune has morphed into a swinging pop tune.

Therapist seems to be a 60s style pop tune with chugging drums, slight horns, and a bouncing beat. On Soaked Mohan starts with a little staccato piano bit before she starts singing. The song alternates between the piano bits that sound like Casiotone for the Painfully Alone and the normal indie rock chugging guitar bits. It's all very catchy though.

The fourth song here continues the string of bouncy tunes with a really slapping rhythm. This song just pops, moving along irresistibly with some distorted guitar and Mohan wailing away. And, really, who couldn't "use some" Heaven and Drugs?

That's a great four song sweep to kick off the record.

The next song calms things down. It's called Look At All My Problems and is a folky tune of guitar and strings. Hell also starts folky, her voice wailing and the guitar strumming. But then on the chorus the song becomes dense, with a hand clapping, stomping beat.

Runaway slows things down with a simple, swaying beat. On Peace Be The Day there is a great deep riff at the bottom of the song, like a piano fed through a bass pedal or something. I like that low rumble. The song gets dense towards the end with the rumble, shaking percussion, and horns. That kind of density is a very Toth thing, but a little of it is nice.

Mohan brings the tone down with Upside Down, a vaguely melancholy tune with a sad horn bit. Happy or Sad strips everything out to her voice and a faint guitar.

On Rebel Mohan sings about a break up, but she doesn't see too sad, just accepting the inevitable. There is piano, guitar, voice, and then horns come in and the song slowly becomes more sad, the horn moaning, the beat a shuffling mope. This is a well done song.

And then finally the record ends with Saturn, which to be honest is the least impressive track on the record. It's not bad, just doesn't shine as well as some of the others.

This is a nicely balanced record. I think that collaborating with Mohan kind of reigned in some of Toth's tendencies to overload songs. Mohan helped keep things sparser, and I think that the overall effect is really engaging. It helps that Hannah Mohan can write some catchy tunes.