Emergency Third Rail Power Trip in Bloomington, MN

Rain Parade
fashioned traditional, gentle
psychedelic pop
on
Emergency Third Rail Power Trip
, including the dreamy
"What's She Done to Your Mind"
and the
Byrds-ish
"This Can't Be Today"
(with
the Dream Syndicate
's
Kendra Smith
). They were clearly way ahead of their time, and it would take years before sleepy music (a la founding
member
David Roback
Mazzy Star
) would catch on. This record sounds no more made in the '80s than in the '60s or '90s. ~ Denise Sullivan