CD of The Week

Veteran Brit band Gomez has had an impressive career, starting out as critical darlings with their first albums in the late ‘90’s, then scoring a Grey’s Anatomy hit with “How We Operate” in the mid-‘00’s. Now up to their seventh studio album, Whatever’s On Your Mind finds the five-member group right in their wheelhouse, with the interlocking vocals of Ben Ottewell, Ian Ball and Tom Gray giving them their distinctive sound.

Whatever’s On Your Mind opens with the catchy, horn-laden lead single “Options.” I’m a sucker for a well-used horn section, which is also deployed on “I Will Take You There.” Folksy guitars and electronic flourishes make up “The Place And The People.” “Equalize” mixes Ottewell’s distinctive voice with a cool rocking groove. By covering so much ground on their first few albums, Gomez have already shown they are capable of doing a multitude of styles. However, at this point in their career, they’ve seemingly synthesized all those style into a singular Gomez sound. If you know the band, there’s no surprises here on Whatever’s On Your Mind, but it is another solid entry in their catalog.

Gomez return to Philadelphia at The TLA on Friday, July 15 and you can win a four-pack of tickets to the show by votingfor this week’s Top 11 @ 11 countdown.