A little known band called 54-40.
It's safe to say you haven't heard them, though their biggest claim to fame was writing and recording "I Go Blind" a decade before it would be covered on Hootie & the Blowfish's incredibly successful debut disk.
At least the boys made some money - even if it was in loonies.
However, I'm going with a cut closer to that Hootie release date. "Since When" is the title track to 54-40's 8th (?) album. But as you will hear, it could have easily been a decade or two earlier.
The word that keeps coming to mind is: Groovy.
It all comes down to the Wurlitzer electric piano.
There is a Zombies meets Monkees meets Partridge Family thing going on. This includes the vocal arrangement and how the song is structured. Even though pushing 30 years old (ugh, that hurt!) it still sounds modern and nostalgic at the same time.
I don't mean 1998 nostalgic, I'm talking late 60's early 70's. Tell me I'm wrong.
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