Not really, but...

After being clued into the Junipers last year (thanks Paul) I've
again, slowly, begun searching for new music. Usually these quests
end after a few tunes, but a chance read of Paul Myers' blog led
to an extended session on YouTube with the Fleet Foxes.

A review of Audities archives shows some folks here singing their
praises mid 08, tho the comparisons feel too contemporary. At first
listen I was reminded of Zumpano, tho replacing the Michael Brown
& Zombies references with 67-72 pastoral psych. I've heard loads of
that stuff over the past year and believe it fits. I suspect the
reemergence of this genre is due to re-availability via reissues &
online music sharing; no longer a prisoner of collectors. What I
love about pastoral psych is the fusion: folk, pop, baroque, rock,
country & psychedelic. Little prog/blues/jazz like hard core psych.

The Junipers are brothers in arms, tho sounding quite different.
It's a large field, probably more expansive than power-pop, which
IMO began showing limitations circa y2k.

Finding the cream is damned hard in this new million-genre world.
Taking Fleet Foxes & The Junipers as cream, can you kind folks
recommend other groups/artists I should hear?

  - Michael