Oh No Ono are still one of the best psychedelic bands around, and Eggs is an impressive effort. It just needs to be taken in small doses.
Psychedelia
The Soundcarriers – Harmonium
The Soundcarriers have been spending too much time on acid trips in lifts. Catriona Boyle reveals all…or the lack of it. Nice album artwork though, eh?
Crystal Antlers – Tentacles
Crystal Antlers debut album is a thrilling, visceral assault on the ears, but is let down at times by the production, says James Dalrymple
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Less “how weird can you go” than you might think, Animal Collective’s ninth album is an admittedly odd, but cerebral and engaging experience.
Baikonour – Your Ear Knows Future
Baikonour’s ‘Your Ear Knows Future’ mixes electronica, post-rock, prog, Krautrock and 80s indie, but the result is not more than the sum of its parts, says James Dalrymple
Orouni – Jump out of the Window
James Dalrymple discovers that there is a fine line between quirky and irritating, and it is a line that Orouni flirt with dangerously throughout ‘Jump out of the Window’.
