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| CD REVIEWS FLAT DUO JETS · Seventh CD from FDJ. · Recorded with help from their friends Tom Maxwell and Ken Mosher from Squirrel Nut Zippers. Flat Duo Jets have made the kind of record that you listen to on a crackly AM radio in your parked car on a dark '50s night. The only thing to illuminate the road is two sets of headlights and the odd cherry of a cigarette flickering at the sides. Engines rev, tires spin and a whole lot of gravel fires into the air. Beads of sweat rest on your brow to make speed demon history. The dust clears and the only thing left behind for the crowd to see is the glimmering tailpipes of two hot rods shooting off into the distance like firecrackers. Rockabilly and fun have always been guaranted by the Flat Duo Jets's Dexter Romweber and Crow, and Lucky Eye is a steamy continuation. They peel into a ditty without worrying about providing anything less than a heavenly hot rod song. It's nostalgic music that will inspire you to tack on the rooster balls and fuzzy dice, flick a penny in a well and wish that Macleod Trail was a two-lane drag strip and shark fin cars were as common as VW bugs. 4/5 |