Reviews: With a CV that includes The Prisoners, The Solarflares, JTQ, Thee Headcoats and The Stabilisers, it's fair to say that Allan Crockford is a well respected veteran of the Medway area's garage rock scene. The Galileo 7 formed as a vehicle for his own material and this storming 14 tracker on Teen Sound is their debut release.'Never Go Back' is a blistering opener - a snarling Crockford vocal and swirling organ from Viv Bonsels backed by a thumping rhythm section (Paul Moss and Russ Baxter), and all melded together with some furious guitar and glorious harmonies. It merges straight into 'Something Else', a gutsy slab of freakbeat meets mod pop.The delightfully titled and psych-y 'Orangery Lane' brings to mind both Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd and XTC's alter-ego spin-off band The Dukes Of Stratosphear, while at the same time sounding completely original! The stomping 'Mine! Mine! Mine!' and the lighter 'The Sandman Turns Away' are two more impressive melodic cuts.The energetic 'Run Baby Run' and 'Feet On The Ground' are both killer tunes, while the thunderous power pop of 'Go Home' is followed by the groovy instrumental 'Feed The Meter'.The dreamy 'Running Through My Hands', the tour de force that is 'Can't Resist' and the relentless 'The Best Way Is Our Way' bring proceedings to a close in style.Accompanied by some appropriately striking and colourful psychedelic artwork, this album comes highly recommended; an action-packed 44 minute stew of harmony-drenched garage rock with a power pop / psych edge. Review by Jim HendersonAre We Having Fun Yet? Teen Sound Records ****Some bands are destined to be great fun, churning out music in a pass-the-parcel-and-don’t- sit-on-the-whoopee-cushion fashion. Some songwriters are built like that, too. They won’t be asked on board the new Matt Cardle album, but within their skill set is a knack for penning highly memorable tunes. One such geezer is Allan Crockford, who has has spent time in bands such as The Prisoners and Thee Headcoats – more as a trusty sideman than as main singer or songwriter. The Galileo 7 and their deliriously giddy debut changes all that. Are We Having Fun Yet? combines trademark 1960s punk (Strawberry Alarm Clock) and 1970s punk (Undertones) with Britpop-era Blur and early Pink Floyd psych-pop. It’s a masterclass in stringently taut pop/rock songwriting. All too familiar? In truth, yes, but everything here is so on the money that, for once, familiarity breeds content.TONY CLAYTON-LEA‘Are We Having Fun Yet?’ is an album of catchy powered up pop trimmed with a bounty of psychedelic twists. Allan Crockford, who has backed up many a fine front-man in The Prisoners, The Solarflares, Thee Headcoats, The JTQ and The Stabilisers, has stepped out of the shadows to front his own group and write the tunes for The Galileo 7’s debut album, and he should be proud.‘Never Go Back’ is barn storming super catchy mod pop and opens the album in defiant style. The upbeat ‘Mine! Mine! Mine!’ shakes the sugar, a fizzing pop nugget that burrows straight into the brain. The psychedelic and strange ‘Orangery Lane’ trips out into the stratosphere. ‘The Sandman Turns Away’ continues in the pop-psyche vein with bursts of mellotron magick. The album is punctuated with a pack of punchy tunes. ‘Run Baby Run’, ‘Are We Having Fun Yet?’ and ‘Go Home’ bounce along in a horde of harmonies, hooks and grinding organ. The reflective 'Running Through Our Hands' adds strong lyrical flourishes to the thoughtful psychedelic melody. Nailing jelly to a tree is a particularly fine image. If you like your tunes catchy and blended with psyched-out melodies, you’ll enjoy Galileo 7’s debut album ‘Are We Having Fun Yet?’. Jonny Magus.