The Cars "Candy-O" (Rocktober 2022) 2022-05-20 The quintet's hybrid folk sound

The quintet's hybrid folk sound continues it's evolution pushing the band further into the grey area between genres that defies pigeonholing

‘5-Piece Chicken Dinner’ is a raucous 20-second hoedown that dives headlong into ‘Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun’: both a nod to Beastie Boys’ early incarnation as a punk outift and a signpost towards future high point ‘Sabotage’

he was a storyteller

and released during a critical historical juncture

The Cars "Candy-O" (Rocktober 2022) 2022-05-20 The quintet's hybrid folk soundRocktober Exclusive Colored Vinyl Released on June 13, 1979, Candy O is The Cars' second album. The band recorded again with Queen producer Roy Thomas Baker (he also produced The Cars' first album). It hit #3 on the U. S. Billboard album chart and the first single, "Let's Go", took The Cars into the top 15 on the Billboard hot 100 singles chart for the first time. Candy O is an RIAA certified 4X platinum album in the U. S. alone.