Artist: Sleepy Sun
Album: Maui Tears
Source: http://www.spin.com/articles/sleepy-sun-maui-tears-album-stream/?utm_source=spintwitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spintwitter
Pre-listening Notes: The internet tells me they are a psychedelic rock band that have put out three albums prior to this one. The bio at the link also uses the phrases space-rock and stoner-waltz so my interests are piqued. Here goes!
Initial Reaction: This has a cool feel to it. These guys are from a city just south of San Francisco, which I guess helps give them psychedelic cred. I get the genre tags, all of the above sound descriptions apply. I could totally see sitting on a beach with refreshments in hand with these songs ringing through the air.
Random Thoughts: This kind of reminds me of how I felt about the first Secret Machines album when I heard it for the first time. It kind of came out of nowhere, for me at least, and they have a similar vibe musically. The music is very mellow and spacey, with his vocals kind of reminding me of someone that I can't quite put my finger on. The third song alternates really nicely between quieter, mellower parts into more fuzzed out rock parts. I like this, a lot. Each of the songs are pretty great so far, but the song Thielbar has been the one I've liked the most. The song slowdown was a little too mellow for me, but the next song, Galaxy Punk picked it right back up. The last song is a 10 minute gem.
Final Reaction: This was another one of those surprise me out of left field type of albums. So far, there have been a few of these already and it's only the first month. If this keeps up, I may have to declare this whole project to be a success, although I'd have a hard time saying it wasn't even only one month into the year. This was a really good record, that I will revisit again, that is one of those things that I am not normally going to seek out, but once I hear stuff like this, it tends to stick with me. Cool stuff!
Final Grade: 8.0/10
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