From the moment I saw the artwork for this CD I was sure it was going to be a tripped out album of some sort. I wasn't to be disappointed by Marshmallow Coast and Vangelis Rides Again even if it does start off on Hash Out Cash Out like some weirdly chilled out and laid back Vangelis tune (honestly) re-worked as an indie song as the flute floats by with the cool lyrics. This is laid back and struggling to get off the sofa to do anything except lie back and chill out and stare at the Lava lamp for a couple of hours.
Vocal interlude sounds like a choir warming up and doing cool voice exercises. It gives way to the vocal line The Hills Are Alive and it's oddly affecting and another chilled mellow song that does nod towards The Sound Of Music classic being re-worked by folks with a bag load of Mandrax and delusions of grandeur.
Chatter flies by in a 10 second almost castanet type noise across the speakers before Vangelis Rides Again comes crawling out of the speakers sounding so laid back it's almost horizontal. Synth sounds pulse through the room as the incense burns and you float away with it.
Mystical Shit is about a woman who is into all the new age stuff this band's music suggests they love. Yes it's time to get your chakras into alignment and to turn up the glow on your aura and take in the weirdness of the musical flight they take you on.
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Homeless Baby has all sorts of odd sounds over a re-working of On Broadway. It heads off into a strange space age reflection of the original tune and becomes altogether more out there and quite compellingly odd.
Foreign Denial is about denying you're up to no good with someone other than your partner. It plays out over a sort of slowed down bubblegum pop tune that in places could almost be The New Seekers and there's a band I don't often reference.
The album closes with the dreamy Forever that will make you want to float way down stream into a blissful reverie or two and just smile. Kt's a cool end to a pretty cool album from Andy Gonzales and friends. Andy is also involved with Of Montreal, The Music Tapes and Mind Brains and this album is not as out there as Mind Brains thats for sure. It is, however, well worth checking out regardless.
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