Party Favours and Headphones

 

First of all, thank you, Bob, for the title to this post.  It's a perfect fit.  I'm using the UK spelling for a reason, and you will understand once you hear this record.  Now this, boys and girls, is psychedelic.  For the old hippie in each of you, I present Tame Impala "Innerspeaker."  It's got every 60's era studio trick in the book that bands like the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin used:  reverb, feedback, distortion, phase shifts, echo chamber, etc..  This really reminds me most of Ozric Tentacles with vocals which, at times, come off like tweaked John Lennon.  It's pre-"Dark Side"...Pink Floyd crossed with such shoegazers like Blur, the Charlatans, the Stone Roses, all enveloped in a foggy haze of smoke-induced smiles.  Trippy bass lines and manic drumming a la early Sweet or the Who form the frame for the guitar work, which has a tiny bit of fellow Australians, Wolfmother, in the fabric.  Did I mention psychedelic?  The new video for "Lucidity" is from a camera attached to a weather balloon, released from a spot where the band is set up in the desert somewhere, going up up up into the clouds, then crashing back to the ground where a vulture ambles into focus to take a look.  Yes, kids, spark one up!  The band will soon be in the states for a few dates in major metropolitan cities and eclectic music venues, but none within a thousand miles of me, so somebody out there please go see them and let me know the experience.  Here is a live video  from 2009 to give you an idea of what to expect.  And yes, they are KIDS, about the same age as many of my known readers' offspring!