Today’s Random Album of the Day is So Tonight That I Might See from Mazzy Star. Mazzy Star is considered Dream Pop or Neo-Psychedelia.
I’m such a huge fan of this album. It really digs into me and makes me swoon. I lost focus but this album has a great consistent sort of haunting lovely sound to it. It’s very good!
Rating: 9.8
Favorite Track(s): “Fade Into You” gives me goosebumps it’s so good. “Bells ring” also quite good. I lost focus but the album is consistently good…
Today’s Random Album of the Day is Grown Up Wrong from Native America. It is Garage Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, and/or Slacker Rock.
I wasn’t expecting much for some reason but this is a good album! It does sound like something out of the 1960s at times, but it works and it always carries a bit of a modern sound along with it which is nice. Overall very good album!
Rating: 9.2
Favorite Track(s): “Rabo” is a good song. “Dance with Me” is great! “Old friends” works well and feels appropriately nostalgic. I particularly liked “All About You”. “What’s On Your Mind?” also got my attention. Reminded me of some more 1990s indie rock. I think the guitar part stood out to me.
Today’s Random Album of the Day is Vernon Manner from Philadelphia’s Webb Chapel. Rate Your Music says they are Art Rock which is fine but they feel more like Dream Pop meets Neo Psychedelia to me.
In any case I like them. This album is good though they have a cassette with the same name and totally different tracks which totally confused me at first. Anyhow, excellent album so it’s a keeper.
Rating: 9.6
Favorite Track(s): “Summer Again” is great. Great distorted guitars. great overall sound. “Heavy Metal” really works for me. Very Neo Psychedelia / Art Pop to me. “8 Ball” is hypnotic. My wife particularly liked “Without Love”. “End Trails” adequately rocks. I really liked “Fall All Around”.
Today’s Random Album of the Day is Real Close Ones from The Ms. The Ms are Indie Rock or Pop. They also get a neo-psychedelic tag on Rate Your Music which they seem to throw around rather loosely. Though it does kind of fit here at times. So maybe it’s always apt.
Overall, this is more of a mellow indie pop album with some upbeat moments. It’s pretty good or good-ish. I don’t think it’ll ever be at the top of my rotation but good is good. I’ll say this – these guys definitely like the Beatles. The influence is obvious. My wife points out the Grateful Dead influence. That makes sense. They are so close to being really good is what we both said but we concluded they were just good-ish. I certainly understand if someone likes them a lot. I won’t judge yah!
Rating: 8.0
Favorite Track(s): “Like a Cloud” has a good poppy anthemic feel to it. “Days in the Sun” makes me think they like the Beatles but it’s a solid song. Actually that’s a thing through the album. “Impossible View” is good. “Papers” is solid. “Breakfast Score” is maybe the best song on the album. “Big Sound” is a contender though. The album finishes strong.
Keep or Trash: Keep. Mainly because I like to keep the digital music for the vinyl that I have and I believe I have this on vinyl.
