If you want to pick a band to be influenced by, you can do a lot worse than the Beatles. Particle Zoo knows this, so using the Fab Four, via Joe Jackson, as a template and an ideal to reach for, they created Loneliness And Strangers, a soundtrack for a good time. When you think of New Jersey music you think of blue collar, hard livin', hard lovin' anthems (Springsteen's entire cannon, Jovi's "Living On A Prayer"), so it's nice to see that Particle Zoo is bringing a little fun to the Garden State.

Brad Filicky