GOLDMINE
DECEMBER 5, 1986
THE WIND--LIVING IN A NEW WORLD

Hailing from Miami, the WIND are a good, solid guitar pop band that have some great harmonies, impressive guitar arrangements, and few infectious tunes. The best moments are when there's a slight psychedelic edge to the arrangements, making the Wind sound like an updated version of 1967 AM radio. The worst are when the boys get bogged down with icky sweet melodies.

The good outweighs the bad, but there's enough of the latter to show concern over future vinyl. Maybe the Wind would be wise to use an outside producer for their next release. Charles P. Lamey


THE SUN,LOWELL MA
DAVID PERRY MUSIC COLUMN Dec. 2, 1986

Snappy, Beatlesque pop with a similar folky jangle runs through The Wind's LIVING IN A NEW WORLD, a fine if unheralded album worth searching for.



FORCED EXPOSURE #11 WINTER1987
THE WIND - LIVING IN A NEW WORLD


...INSCRIBED IN THE RUN-OUT GROOVE O' THIS CAT-PUKE ARE THE FOLLOWIN' WORDS : "BLUE ROCKS LOOSE SOCKS BUT THE WIND ALWAYS BLOWS" WHAT CAN I POSSIBLY ADD TO THAT?
--BYRON

RUTA 66- No. Quince, Febrero 1987
THE WIND
(Mentioned in a column by Douglas Radar.)

HIGH FIDELITY- July 1987-
THE WIND- LIVING IN A NEW WORLD-
To compare the WIND with the Byrds, the Lovin' Spoonful, or the Rascals would not be totally inaccurate, but it would be grossly unfair. Though firmly rooted in that era, the WIND has taken off every which way from there to make a stick-to-the-roof-of-your-mouth kind of pop that doesn't sound dated at all. So something as funky as "Stuck" isn't out of place near the wry "Sushi Bar". The most distinctive music occurs when the band mingles electric and acoustic guitars and duet vocals on "Good News, Bad News", "Nothing's the Same", and the title track. Melodies go off in strange directions, as do the themes of modern romance, poverty, and keeping up with the trends, which is obviously not an obsession with these guys. --------------------Hank Bordowitz