Certified PR Records have been on a roll as of late and this, their first full-length release, is possibly the crown jewel.

You may know John Wesley Coleman from Austin’s Golden Boys but the music contained within these grooves comes across more like straight-up, grass-roots Americana. There’s a sort of loose, visceral honesty throughout that just makes the whole record work.

Stylistically ‘Steal My Mind’ is across the board, the type of record that where you sit, sink back into your chair and let the songs surround you. In fact, I didn’t really dig this LP until I sat down and absorbed it start to finish. Now it’s my go to and has been hogging most of the time on the turntable.

One of our favorite NY bands The Above are putting the finishing touches on their debut: a self-titled full length due out soon.

We just got a chance to listen to the record and, having only heard most of the tracks live, it’s great interpretation of this Brooklyn, Mod/Rock staple’s songs, translating the energy of the live set into a disc of 60’s-rooted pop-tunes. Awesome!

To wet our collective appetite, the Above put together the below video. You can also heck out some new tracks on the band’s myspace.

The Above - “Don’t Believe in the Light” from David Alan Horowitz on Vimeo.