Sounding like a combination of The Soundtrack Of Our Lives and psychy Buffalo Springfield, El Goodo have one foot in the mid/late 60s and the other firmly in the 00`s. Drenched in hazy rich harmonies, ringing guitars, and horns, if a band can be totally retro and modern, El Goodo have a template working. El Goodo combines the mellow and melodious psychedelic sounds of the Beach Boys, The Byrds and Love with beautiful and lush arrangements that call upon the mystical countryside from whence they came. The result is the creation of a mysterious, sweepingly grand, and at times whimsical approach to their already eclectic soundscape. Coyote is a beautiful piece of darkly rich psych-pop perfection It is, also, both sprawling and hauntingly deserted, evoking a sonic landscape both richly cultivated and desolate, with intensely poetic harmonies and darkly articulated instrumentation. Aren`t You Grand I Saw Her Today, Talking to the Birds, and Oh, to Sleepfeel cinematic, like a dark western cowboy soundtrack, juxtaposing surfy and at times summery melodies to create an ominous scoure. Feel So Fine, Be My Girl, and I Can`t Make It continue in El Goodo`s knack for beautiful beach harmonies, but opt for psych-breakouts and breakdowns reminiscent of efforts by Olivia Tremor Control. Funny review on the Electric Roulette web site: " `Feel So Fine` hops between drone-fuzz rock `n` roll, swelling up from the underground and spilling out into your ears in huge attacks of volcanic-mechanicals! Even though I`ve mentioned The Byrds and Gene Clark, it`s a lazy comparison... I mean... anything with harmonies gets lumped in with those guys right? Or worse still, The Beach Boys... like these guys were the only purveyors of harmonies ever. No, these talented Welshers share more with the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band and Crosby Stills and Nash. One track kinda reminds me of `Transparent Day` from the West Coast Pop Art... debut, only with more ideas thrown at it.
There`s no gettin` away from the fact that these psychedelic chimps love the way-out sounds of the `60s... and if you think that`s a bad thing, then really, what the hell are you doin` reading this website? The real deal question you`re asking is `Does This LP Sound Authentic?` Twofold, brudder. The sound is hot off the reels and the songwritin` is to be filed under `far-out`. However, we ain`t dealin` with no Kula Shaker here bucko... this is the new, steamin` off the press sound of a band who dug the cool 33rpms and channelled `em through the now. You need this record. 2009 will be a grim year without it." IF yr into the sounds discussed in this review here, jump in - head first. The water here will be warm and fine. Awesome stuff!
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