Put on "Roll With You", the anticipated debut album from Boston-based soul band Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves, and chances are you'll immediately feel the urge to either dance or cry. "That first response to a record is the most important," says frontman Eli Reed. "If a record comes on and makes you want to dance right away, then you're doing a good job. If a record comes on and makes you want to cry right away, you're also doing a good job. I think this album does both." "Roll With You"
is a vital, gospel-tinged mix of sweaty, up-tempo numbers and aching, lovelorn ballads that connect instantly thanks to the passion of this young performer and his equally young band. The True Loves may employ classic soul stylings but they make the music their own by performing it with the youthful abandon
that only a group of seven talented guys in their '20s can muster.