(This review first appeared in issue 53 of Shindig! magazine)
In their home city of
Yekaterinburg, east of the Ural Mountains, The Karovas Milkshake have
concocted an aural love letter to '60s UK psychedelia that should
appeal to fans of the original genre as well as those of its recent
torchbearers (The Bees, The Coral, Temples et al.)
Standout track 'Purple
Sun Of Glastonbury' is a seven and a half minute sitar-driven
freakout which conjures images of rituals, standing stones and the
dark spirit of Brian Jones, complete with a searing backwards guitar
section.
Light relief comes via
the Austin Powers-y pastiche of 'Zombie Wok' and the jaunty
continental pop of 'Cryptique'. There's also room for some Bolan-ish
folksy warble (Apple Pie) and Barrett-fronted jug band blues (Sugary
Life).
It's all executed with
a playfulness that raises it a notch above most time travelling
psych-pop. Yekaterinburg may not share a ley line with Glastonbury
but on this evidence you'd believe it could.
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