New Jersey Stage Issue 48 | Page 125

Makin Waves Record Roundup Naughty Clouds, Frankenstein 3000, Gatherers and The Porchistas SHARE BUTTON Naughty Clouds’ soon-to-be- married singing-songwriting team of drummer Ray Kubian and guitarist Alexis Moon prove that music and mar- riage do mix, particularly on “Strong Hearts (‘I’ Is a Word of the Past),” the standout track on the new two-piece’s debut NJ STAGE - ISSUE 48 by Bob Makin album, “Everything’s Hard.” The couple’s duet, which looks at selfless love from both in- terpersonal and societal view- points, is a strong duet that makes me wish there was even more vocal interplay between Kubian’s bright, sandy tenor and Moon’s dark, bluesy vox. INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 125