The Portland Oregon quartet offer up a dynamic debut EP. Not taking the obvious route, Hello Sunbeam offers up a mix of Dream Pop, Psych Pop and Shoegaze, generally in the same song and this works wonderfully well.
As well as a vocal smoothness, the soundtrack is soothing, almost soundscape and certainly Pop, but with tremendous riffs dominating proceedings. The best example is Finally Arrived which is wonderfully hypnotic and engaging.
Heaven Right Now is still instrumentally effective, but adds a twang and stupendous organ mixing something like 60s Psych with C86. I Knew We Would adds a folk feel to a strumming vibe, again sounding Psych Pop, yet this time more led by a Dream Pop vocal.
Home is the moodiest song of all four, skirting Surf and Spaghetti Western like feel, but also totally catchy. The band are instrumental led, offering up themes that connect completely and are a delight when the Joe Meek like Organ comes in. They are also not afraid to Twang.
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