Oakland quartet Desoto Reds have released a fascinating album. It takes an old fashioned listen that seems to happen less and less in these days of playlist preference. The Album format still rules. I listened to this and on first listen you note a couple of songs that make you want to listen to the album again.
Repeated listens reveal more and more excellence until you realise you have one hell of an album in your hands. On first listen, I had the band as one of those excellent instrumentally intelligent bands that would have appeared on the IRS label.
But digging further shows that this is just a small part of what they do, the diversity and variety here is exceptional. No two songs are the same. Cookieness is followed by Psych Pop. Guitar Pop is followed by Indie Rock. The roads taken are incredibly different. Resistor is an amazing listen.
Aftermath was the song that drew me in, a joyous listen that has Psych Pop overtones, but is built on a killer chorus and wonderful 60s organ runs. By the end, I was engrossed in songs that were completely different especially the inventive Watch Me Now (I've Got The Algorithm).
Yeah, so is very mid period R.E.M., yet Spider could be The Mommyheads. There are bizarre subjects such as Free People which lists Free items wrapped around a killer riff and an angular affair that is a paean to Costa Rica.
My love of Psych Pop is enhanced by the wonderful Siberia, but the band can also slow things down with the mellower Maybe. All in all, this is an album of admirable death and variety. I've picked my three current favourite songs, but I urge you to listen and then listen again to the whole thing.
You can listen to and buy the album here. It is available on Vinyl and as a download.
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