one of the things that drew me to this band was the way the music reminded me so much of the stuff i grew up listening to. after a couple of listens, here are my early, not-to-be-taken-too-seriously impressions of which songs sound like which people (yeah, i'm a lifelong beatles fan):
victory dance: tough one, more pearl jam than anything else i can think of.
circuital: easy. even pete couldn't write a more who-like anthem.
day is coming: very beatle-like, has another feel (10cc, ELO?) that i haven't figured out yet.
wonderful: late 60's, early 70's james taylor.
outta my system: beach boys. could have fit right in on pet sounds.
black metal: amazing. like nothing i've ever listened to (not big on thai pop). prince wishes he had thought this one up.
first light: mid 70's george harrison.
freak out: a paul mccartney pop masterpiece.
slow, slow tune: again, reminds me of the obligatory pearl jam slow song that appears on each album. think "come back."
movin' away: early 70's john lennon.
overall, it sounds like my morning jacket. and that's a good thing.
i think the intro to first light is pearl jam ish. can't really agree that VD is at all though.
in other mmj related new music yim yames doing lead vocals on the booker t. jones track is aweomse.