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Heavy Rainbow is the second full-length CD from Tallahassee three-piece, Soft Targets . After releasing their debut, "Frequent Flyer" in 2005, original drummer, Marcus Delano, left the band. Founding members Jesse Corry and Nathan Sadler wasted no time enlisting drummer Steven Gillespie (also of Cloud 13 Records' The Ums) and the new lineup began to focus more deeply on harmony vocal arrangements. Soon the 'Targets were ready to head back into the studio with Atlanta producer Tim DeLaney (The Swimming Pool Qs , The Sightseers, Kopernik) recording a new batch of songs at two different Atlanta studios, DeLaney's own Electron Gardens Studio and the legendary Southern Tracks Recording Studio (where they recorded 5 tracks in one day, live in the same room, to two-inch tape).The resulting 13-song L.P., "Heavy Rainbow," takes the distinctive sound of Soft Targets ' first album, "Frequent Flyer," and builds on it, adding new dimensions to the songwriting, bringing in more layers and countermelodies, experimenting with texture and song-form while at the same time, lovingly embracing the classic pop sweetness of bands like ELO and Todd Rundgren. Fans of "Frequent Flyer" and first-time listeners alike will find plenty to savor in the quiet intensity of the horn-laden "Sugar Glass", the beautiful understatement of "Dear Atlanta", and the circular atmospherics of "Surrendering Slow," while those who enjoy the jauntier, up-tempo side of the Soft Targets will appreciate the churning "Calm Me Down" with its nod to the glittery groove of TRex, and the unrelenting pop push of "So Long, Baby Burns," along with other new Soft Targets' A-sides like "Something Else," "Under Control," and "The World Looks Bigger Now."