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Post by famousblueraincoat on Feb 11, 2006 1:29:18 GMT -5
Anyone around here heard of Magnolia Electric Company? They sort of remind me of some mixture of My Morning Jacket and The Drive By Truckers. Good, good stuff.
West Indian Girl is a band I stumbled across about a year ago and they instantly became one of my favorite bands. And almost everyone I've told to check them out has come back and said the same thing. They have a unique, sunny, psychadelic, trippy sound... kinda like early Jane's Addiction. Their debut album is amazing from beginning to end. And everyone in the band is really cool and friendly. They recently toured with Sound Tribe Sector 9
Everyone check out West Indian Girl, and if you like them, start calling for them to get added to 'roo (I know they're hoping to get added)
At best, debut albums are often promising collections that hint at a band's potential. Then, every once in a while, a band comes out of leftfield and nails it on its first try. Such is the case here. This collection of sweepingly, sun-drenched sonic pop is one part early U2, one-part Jane's Addiction, one-part Electric Skychurch and 100 percent Southern California. Processed guitars, cascading keys and blissful melodies contribute to the starry, ascending quality of the record, while analog synths and melancholy harmonies keep the tunes from straying too far into a world of pretty irrelevance. Naming themselves after an intense strain of LSD, West Indian Girl's affinity for altered states is apparent throughout: "Slow down/You'll be alright/It's summertime/Let's trip tonight" goes the aptly titled opener "Trip." And while their lyrics aren't exactly inspired prose, this is a stunningly psychedelic first effort -- and hopefully one the band will be able to live up to.
