"Mum! Dad is in the Psych Pop room again!" With all the Orgone Box activity, I'm in danger of turning here into a genre appreciation club. I make no apologies though. For all my musical adventures, I have always had a special place for Psych Pop.
Through all my departures across IDHAS and non IDHAS lands, I am also most happy in this destination. Of course, both Rick White and The Sadies themselves have always trod much further afield too, there are real Folk and Jangle elements, as well as UK Beat and Pop Rock.
For this new material, White gathers The Sadies up again and the results are masterful. White's back catalogue through Eric's Trip and Elevator To Hell has always been exceptional as have his albums with the magnificent delights of The Sadies.
The bond with the sadly missed Dallas Good was incredibly song and Good's spirit still feels present here. As you might expect, the Psychedelic Folk is exceptional, but there is an ease in moving to Classic Rock and even Pop Rock.
White's gentle melodic vocal suits the material perfectly and the playing from all is out of this world. Whether a song is groove led or riff heavy, every song holds its own. You just don't want the album to end and there are a surprising amount of choruses.
I've made the surprising decision of not mentioning any of songs. I've chosen my three favourite songs to embed, but your three will probably be completely different. So get yourself over to the album and witness masters of their trade, excelling at what they do all these years on.
You can listen to and buy the album here. The Vinyl can be bought here and here from Bluefog.
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