Melbourne Multi instrumentalist Dave Mudie has a history as an in demand Drummer and is on the stool for is Courtney Barrett. There is however another side to the musician as the man behind L.A. Mood. Following the two previous EPs, we now have the debut album.
A Print Out Of The Sun is a splendid summery affair that has more in common with the West Coast of the U.S. in sound and feel. Mudie's vocal is a sort of Power Pop drawl, sweet yet melodic. The material though lends itself more to Psych Pop. It is very second half of the 60s, wonderfully so.
The title track edges towards Toytown, something really fashionable to talk about at the moment, but also has a 60s Big Pop song busting to get out. Yet Stumble is a far more modern thing, a little James Taylor Explosion.
Open Age is a short instrumental that starts like some yee haw on a Country Porch and morphs towards something much heavier, Prog even. Alert Blue is a little jangly, part C86, part Swinging 60s. Lemongrass is a definite example of West Coast Drop Out at its finest.
Happy Boy is much more direct UK Beat Pop that swings along, but Time Waits On You is very different, a melodic Psych beauty, all it needs is a Bong. Floaty is a much jaunty singalong that leads into a wonderful instrumental break.
The Stand Out though is Catch The Sun which had a great reaction when it appeared on a recent IDHAS 10 Song Mix, the obvious single. Mudie's voice reminds me a lot of Young Guv's, but the material is much more in Psych Pop territory, a genre that people think is all backward guitars, not as brilliantly Sunny as this fine album is.
You can listen to and buy the album here.
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