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| From | "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Psychedelia |
| Date | Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:55:52 -0400 |
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For those of you who like psychedelia, and then like it modern:
Flaming Lips, At War With the Mystics: Only on the third play and I have no idea how to talk about this yet. Sounds as beguiling as Yoshimi, but that one suffered because you want to intently listen to this kind of sonic soiree, but the content was just too depressing (the hit, "Do You Realize," went, "Do You Realize - that everyone you know someday will die...") This one has the same early Floyd meets Julian Cope meets God Knows What funhouse of sounds, plus some sunshine, Beach Boysish vocals in some places, and melodies that come from (and often go) nowhere. Wavy, shimmery, if I was 18 and looking to drop acid this would be my favorite record. I think if you liked Yoshimi you'd be inclined to like this, but given the general sensibilities of this list, I think many will think the gimmicks obscure the songs.
Lane Steinberg, The Return of Noel Coward's Ghost. Lane's bios call Noel Coward's Ghost his "XTC-like" outing. This record reminds me more of the Dukes of Stratosphere than XTC though-- but it isn't 60s retro, its fresh psychedelia for the 21st century. So it reminds me of the Dukes, but not the influences of the Dukes (well, sometimes it does.) And he's used snippets from old films about musicians to weave a sort of cautionary tale about using your musical gift to make hits for the people, in between the songs (and as intros to them) that comes right up against cheesy, presses its nose up against the cheesy window, but walks away without buying anything.
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