Tim Hinley  - Dagger

"Had never heard of this Rhode Island popster t’il his previous record that he was kind enough to send me. Dill had some records prior to that (ones I picked up later) so the guy has been around for a while peddling his own brand of sunny, ebullient Badfinger/Beach Boys-esque pop and FOLLOW THE SUMMER is the best one I’ve heard yet. The record starts strongly with “Today”, all pure pop bounce while “Miss America’ slows it down, if just a bit, but the hooks are just as chewy and he rocks (well, as much rockin’ out as Dill does) out a bit on “Happily Ever After.” Song five, “Never So Beautiful” has a stutter step bounce to it and one of Dill’s strongest vocals yet while “Don’t Remember” is one of those perfect, put-the-convertible-top-down-and-hit-the-gas tunes and “Follow the Summer/Pink Skies” adds some orchestration to it and is one of the best song Dill has written yet. Though Dill wrote and played all of the songs here he did have Derek Holt of the Climax Blues Band co-write 3 of the songs with him, (and they are three of the best songs on here). The calendar reads June 13th as I write this so summer is around the corner and luckily I have FOLLOW THE SUMMER to speed things up here (especially in Oregon) and kick start it a week early!"