New Brighton five piece The Dream Machine offer up their third album and it is a belter. There is something about the Wirral bands that may come from the River Mersey. They master gentle Psych whilst are able wholeheartedly to garner the Guitar Pop that resides across the water.
The single, Things That Make Us Cry, previewed this strength, part The Coral but with a Power Pop beat, a wistful joy, laidback, yearning and incredibly hypnotic. There is plenty of that here, but also plenty that isn't.
Duck Bone Fever is a heady mix of 60s UK Beat and Garage Psych, yet I Had A Friend is very close to Merseybeat. Night Owls is moody and magnificent, yet The Best Days Of Life is Acoustic Folk or even Americana.
The First Bird instrumentally could be Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, wonderfully so, haunting almost. The title track allows the band to break out, approaching 60s R and B with magnificent Guitar solos that match the driving organ amidst the all together now feel.
My personal fave is Flowers On The Razorwire with its jauntiness and La's like vocal. It has a killer chorus. But the album itself is a splendid affair. It shows its influences, but also shows the band revelling in their own sound. Highly Recommended.
You can listen to the album here. You can buy the physical album everywhere.
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