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Through Other Reflections in Bloomington, MN
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The return of
the Soundcarriers
is one of the best things to happen to psychedelic music in the 2020s. Their comeback album
Wilds
was a brilliant reminder that their murky, trippy, melodic, and heavy sound still had plenty of life left in it. The group weren't content to hit it and quit it; they felt revitalized and felt the need to continue exploring the dusty avenues and forgotten glades where outsider jazz meets garage rock, faerie folk gets cozy with biker rock, and misty melodies tussle with knotty jamming. Hence, 2024's
Through Other Reflections
, an album that finds the band splicing laid-back, layered psychedelia that's framed by nimble basslines, tap-dancing drums, wood-smoke vocal harmonies, and tinkling keys with insistent acid rock-inspired freakouts that seem more likely to smash one's glasses than ease them into a somnambulant trance. Fans of the group's older, less aggressive sound have no need to steer clear as there are many songs like "Comet 4" or "What We Found" that drift on feathery clouds of vintage air. Around half the album sticks to this particular approach, and as ever,
are genius level at conjuring up mystic moods and memories. That's all well and good, but where it gets extra interesting is when they take that basic template and rough it up a bit in ways they haven't done before. On tracks like "Always," "The City Was," or "The Return," they add guitars that snarl, organs that have some grit stuck between the keys, drums that sound tough enough to hit back, and vocals that have some bite to them.
Leonore Wheatley
can be a much more dynamic vocalist than she often is in
Soundcarriers
, and it's nice to hear her stretch out a little. Her clearly delivered, ultra-poppy vocals on "Already Over" are a treat, and the song itself is probably the most straightforward tune in their catalog, sounding like a particularly good track rescued from a Pebbles collection. On the other hand, "What We Found" comes across like the best song from a Rubbles volume and features the band diffusing their psychedelia into a great mist of wordless vocals, chiming guitars, hilly rhythms, and mystery. While it's always good to hear the band doing
things since they are so very good at it, it's also wonderful to hear them evolving into something new. What they've done is something like building an addition on an already seemingly perfect house, an undertaking that must be done with great care and vision. That's exactly what the band manage on
, and the result is near-perfect psychedelic pop that puts the half-baked efforts of most of their contemporaries to shame. ~ Tim Sendra
the Soundcarriers
is one of the best things to happen to psychedelic music in the 2020s. Their comeback album
Wilds
was a brilliant reminder that their murky, trippy, melodic, and heavy sound still had plenty of life left in it. The group weren't content to hit it and quit it; they felt revitalized and felt the need to continue exploring the dusty avenues and forgotten glades where outsider jazz meets garage rock, faerie folk gets cozy with biker rock, and misty melodies tussle with knotty jamming. Hence, 2024's
Through Other Reflections
, an album that finds the band splicing laid-back, layered psychedelia that's framed by nimble basslines, tap-dancing drums, wood-smoke vocal harmonies, and tinkling keys with insistent acid rock-inspired freakouts that seem more likely to smash one's glasses than ease them into a somnambulant trance. Fans of the group's older, less aggressive sound have no need to steer clear as there are many songs like "Comet 4" or "What We Found" that drift on feathery clouds of vintage air. Around half the album sticks to this particular approach, and as ever,
are genius level at conjuring up mystic moods and memories. That's all well and good, but where it gets extra interesting is when they take that basic template and rough it up a bit in ways they haven't done before. On tracks like "Always," "The City Was," or "The Return," they add guitars that snarl, organs that have some grit stuck between the keys, drums that sound tough enough to hit back, and vocals that have some bite to them.
Leonore Wheatley
can be a much more dynamic vocalist than she often is in
Soundcarriers
, and it's nice to hear her stretch out a little. Her clearly delivered, ultra-poppy vocals on "Already Over" are a treat, and the song itself is probably the most straightforward tune in their catalog, sounding like a particularly good track rescued from a Pebbles collection. On the other hand, "What We Found" comes across like the best song from a Rubbles volume and features the band diffusing their psychedelia into a great mist of wordless vocals, chiming guitars, hilly rhythms, and mystery. While it's always good to hear the band doing
things since they are so very good at it, it's also wonderful to hear them evolving into something new. What they've done is something like building an addition on an already seemingly perfect house, an undertaking that must be done with great care and vision. That's exactly what the band manage on
, and the result is near-perfect psychedelic pop that puts the half-baked efforts of most of their contemporaries to shame. ~ Tim Sendra
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