I Don't Hear A Single Albums Of The Year 2021 : 21-30

It's been difficult to get these choices down to 100. I'm also not a believer in saying one album is better than another. Most of the time you are comparing Apples To Oranges. I'm not a List person, I just think what's the point?

However, for the last few years I have compiled annual Best Of 's  because these posts seem so popular and the aim of this Blog is to get exposure (and Sales) for the artists. There is no meaning or judgement on an album that is Number 1, Number 100 or not on the list. Anything that I review on here, mention on Social Media or play on the Radio Show is as highly recommended.

There are few rules. All albums have to have been reviewed on IDHAS. Reissues and Live Albums are not included. Previously unreleased albums are included, but Best Of's are not. For each album, I've posted a song from it and a link to the IDHAS Review where you can find further details and how to listen or buy the album. 

No 21 : Quivers - Golden Doubt    IDHAS Review

No 22 : Kid Gulliver - Kismet      IDHAS Review





No 23 : The Green Pajamas - Sunlight Might Weigh Even More    IDHAS Review

 

No 24 : Tamar Berk - The Restless Dreams of Youth         IDHAS Review

No 25 : The Wry Dogs - Pigs Might Fly  IDHAS Review

 

No 26 : The Harmony Motel - Topical Depression       IDHAS Review


  


No 27 : The Successful Failures - James Cotton Mather     IDHAS Review

No 28 :  Electric Looking Glass - Somewhere Flowers Grow    IDHAS Review


 

No 29 : Chris Catalyst - Kaleidoscopes   IDHAS Review

No 30 : Surreal Prismatics - Conscious Dreams       IDHAS Review

  

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Electric Looking Glass - Somewhere Flowers Grow

 

Following on from the Muun Bato review, a band that are at the Psych end of Psych Pop, we have Los Angeles's Electric Looking Glass who are very much at the Pop end of the genre. In fact, they are probably nearer Baroque Pop.

Somewhere Flowers Grow is wonderfully 60's, at times a little reminiscent of The Move's early days, although there's much more here than just that. This is an album that mines the best of the the 60s Pop, you can spot the influences, yet it stands so well in its own right.

The charm and melody ooze quality. Whether it is the magnificent Dream A Dream and Daffodil Tea Shoppe which are wonderful Toytown or Holiday which heads into Lovin' Spoonful territory. Motor Car is great Piano Pop.

If I Cross Your Mind even heads into 70s Pop Rock with a great little guitar solo complementing the piano. Death Of A Season is another slowed down example of how Somewhere Flowers Grow isn't all catchy choruses. It is slightly melancholic and reveals the band to be no one trick pony.

It is the catchiness that will hit you first though. Toes will tap on Dream A Dream and Rosie In The Rain. These are songs that hook you but further examination reveals there is far more depth to the songs than at first appears.

Special mention has to be given to the Piano and Organ. Both add far more to the album than is typical in Psych Pop albums. The keyboards in particular add unexpected twists and turns to what are already a fine collection. A Superb offering. Highly Recommended!

You can listen to and buy the album here. Another addition to the splendid Canadian label, We Are Busy Bodies.

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