If sixties were
nineties. Beefy garage-psych from the Salisbury quintet.
Less than a year on
from their eponymous debut 7”, The Neighbourhood Strange are back
with another double A-sided dose of dark garage-psych. This couln't
have arrived at a better time for me. I recently had chat with a pal
about psychedelia where he described it as music that's all about
head-in-the-clouds, holding hands and golden unicorns. This slab of
plastic may help in opening his up his mind. Let's all wear flowers
in our hair? No thanks, let's just crack on with the substances
instead. Psych is a very broad church that can accomodate a lot of punk-ish attitude.
The Neighbourhood
Strange have one foot in the Sunset Strip garage sound of the mid
'60s and another in the swaggering guitar band sound that was all the
range in the '90s. With a lead vocal that recalls both Lennon's salty
snarl and Jim Morrison's baritone. 'Let's All Get High' is a call to
arms for heads everywhere. Unlike the treble-heavy '60s recordings
that have obviously inspired the band, the track benefits from
today's production values. It's all about the full sonic spectrum
baby, where the bottom end can cut through!
Flipside 'One Last
Chance' has a slower early '70s Stones-ey vibe. Jagger-esque vocals
with instrumental passages where both guitar and organ get to take
centre stage. Another top release. Nice work lads! Anyway where did I
leave that golden unicorn?
Released on March 17th
on 7” vinyl and CD (Each limited to 500 copies).
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