Waking Eyes - Combing The Clouds

Hard to believe records like this are coming out in 2002! early 70`s AM radio inspired pop filtered thru modern instrumentation and influence. A colorfl blend of nostaglic-pop, art-pop rock and AM radio meets psychedelia. A pastiche of muti-layered coolness! Check out the Emmitt Rhodes inspired sound bite(the 3rd one), but the entire album is chock-filled to the brim with hooky sunshine charm that makesNot Lame want to find a band for the our own label that have this sound---they are that cool! Search high, search low, you`d be hard pressed to find a retro rock record executed as flawlessly as this Nugget of neo-psychedelic perfection. The Waking Eyes revisit the obvious late `60s studio stomping grounds of rock and roll`s holy trinity of B bands: The Beatles, Byrds and Beach Boys. It`s pieced together expertly -- jam-packed with all of the little added touches, the sonic highs and lows, the wonderfully superfluous features that made albums such as Sgt. Pepper`s and Pet Sounds the epic aural works of art they are. And The Waking Eyes do it all with pure wide-eyed affection instead of smug tongue in cheekiness. You can`t fake that. If you had too much to dream last night, your eyes and ears will love waking up to Combing the Clouds. "- Canoe

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