Lightheadted Offer New/Old Single
If you didn’t order a copy of the new Lightheaded LP that drops next Friday, you might want to get on that right now. The group are very much a modern pop act, but if you listen to their latest single, “The Garden,” you get the feeling that their sound is rooted in the history of the underground. There are some girl-group style harmonies, but also this sort of underlying psychedelia that offers up enough edge to make their sound more than mere homage. Listen to the way they set you up in the first 20 seconds before switching into a bit of swing; you’ll want to grab Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming from Slumberland/Skep Wax now!
Imagine that you went back to the years of Animal Collective’s early work, like the time when we all were tripping over ourselves fawning for the band. Now, strip it down some of its barest elements and you’ll be in the land of 