Monday, March 23, 2009

Greater California

Add Date: March 24

Artist: Greater California

Album: All the Colors

Label: Subtitled Audio

Genre: Pop/Psychdelic

Comments: A wonderfully layered pop record with beach-music sensibilities and a slightly psychedelic vibe, Greater California’s All the Colors is a hazy, yet never heavy, listening experience. Impressively dense, yet retaining its upbeat nature, the record balances jangly guitars, melodic vocals and harmonies, and a variety of other instruments including the piano, an electric sitar, and vibraphone to great effect. Track 4, “The Foolish Son”, is an uncanny Beach-Boys-esque production: swirling harmonies mixed with restrained drums, piano, and bells galore. The overall effect is a gorgeous, longing-for-summer record; start with tracks 1, 4, and 7.

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