I feel more than a little guilty to have ignored Them Jones since my 2020 review of The Saturn Cinema which you can read here. This is the third album since and takes the total to 7 for the Philadelphia five piece and it is wonderful.
Many of you know that two ways to my heart are through Psych Pop and Pastoral Pop. Instructions For Re-Entry does both brilliantly, but adds a whole lot not more. At times, it is wonderfully hippy-ish, but the arrangements can be like soundscapes or even Shoegaze with more words.
It is the arrangements that stand out, ethereal at times but with big footprints into Pop at times. Songs can whisk you away, but then catch you by surprise with the addition of a surprise instrument or Guitar intrusion, yet on other occasions they can even sound a little Madchester.
A song like the wonderful Extras In Mine is inspiring Trippy Psych, but also gets close to The Dukes Of Strasosphear. Even the excellent, more straight ahead, Almost Home reveals slight changes of direction, this time edging to Pop Rock.
Pop Rock is served even more on the slower A Distant Sound which adds Violins and the standout song, Feel Right, even adds English Horn. Human sounds a little Revolver, but could also be on the soundtrack 60s European Film soundtrack.
This is a tremendous album, more Psych than The Saturn Cinema, but it is wonderfully arranged in its instrumentation, melody and vocal harmony. An exceptional offering that you could prefer the term Pastoral Psych. Excellent!
You can listen to and buy the album here.
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