A long time favorite here for 7 years, Dora Flood mixes the sounds of Boo
Radleys, Dandy Warhol, some Velvet Crush in a psychy mood, Stone Roses,
Spacemen 3 and lots of Rainbow Quartz-styled bands - there`s lots of echo-y
12 string jangle all over the place. "They expertly mix together a melange
of power-60`s psych-pop influences, bold and vibrant production and some
damn good songs."-Big Takeover. "3 1/2 stars.. Dora Flood`s latest album
of psyched-out fuzz is, indeed, just that -- and there`s no sin in doing it
very well. Taking the tack that one can be massively heavy but can still
find the pop in it all -- something that Josh Homme has long since
demonstrated is an entirely feasible approach -- Dora Flood`s own long
career hasn`t been as celebrated but deserves an ear; We Live Now is a good
entry for the curious. If Dora Flood have a reliable standby it`s soothing
but stoned harmonies mixed with exultant guitar, something that inevitably
calls to mind everything from the Association and late-`60s Byrds to
proto-metal like Steppenwolf. Classic tripping out is unsurprisingly in
evidence, thus the blend of light falsetto and rising and falling keyboards
on "Atlantis," spiked with a total guitar snarl on the chorus."-AMG. "
Dora Flood is pushing ahead while dragging the past along with them. Trippy
light shows and hanging out in the 60s gets kicked up a notch and a few
decades to a sonic assult and swirled guitars slipping over harmonizing
vocals and driving rhythms. The songs do lapse into a hypnotic flow once in
awhile, but the fuzz of the guitar always scoops you up and out of the
psychedelic guitar waves and throws you headfirst into the next song. The
third track, �³Feels Like Yesterday,�² almost does feel like yesterday. Like
some drawn out Doors solo before the inevitable freak-out. Like a Jefferson
Airplane flashback tied to a Ride-inspired brit-pop jam. The next song moves
a few steps over, getting all blues-grooved and snarly, like a Louisiana
bad-trip, but man the music can save you. So keep listening. Dora Flood
washes over you and pulls you along, slides you throughan adventure that
ends on a slow and mellow but spaciously beautiful song titled �³Light.�²"-The
Red Alert. Not an release to be missed by fans of Rainbow Quartz band and
60s psych-pop jangle.
Everywhere We Go - mp3
Humble High - mp3
Invisible Throne - mp3
Daydream - mp3 |