"Relax, folks: Listen Before You Buy hasn’t been bought out by an online shop peddling New Age tat. Sure, Mood Rings might share a name with some of the ugliest rings ever to mal-adorn fingers anywhere, but this time I’m talking about the band. Now, they do sound a touch hippie-dippy at times, but it’s all good – there’s no indication that they’re going to try and push crystal therapy on you alongside that demo CD.
The Atlanta-based four-piece certainly live up to their name in their musical approach, with thick lashings of psychedelia and a thoroughly lo-fi tone making up the most of it. That said, they do occasionally veer into darker territory, “Exorcised Painting” – the B-side to their latest single “Promise Me Eternity” – being something of a case in point. On the whole, though, expect upbeat pop. Upbeat pop that sounds like it was recorded about 40 years ago, and left to bake in the southern sun since then.
I’m reminded of contemporaries such as The Drums, and close relatives Guards and Cults - all of whom seem to have missed the bit where The Beach Boys aren’t the dominant trend-setters in music any more. At times they unleash wordless warbling that’s almost worthy of Jim James, and there’s something of the air of Galaxie 500 about them. It’s all rather nice.
You can download both of “Promise Me Eternity” and “Exorcised Painting” below, and head over to their label Double Phantom Digital‘s Bandcamp for a free download of their debut EP “Sweater Weather Forever”. Genuine tie-dye sweater not included, unfortunately" (At the sun: listenbeforeyoubuy.net)
The Atlanta-based four-piece certainly live up to their name in their musical approach, with thick lashings of psychedelia and a thoroughly lo-fi tone making up the most of it. That said, they do occasionally veer into darker territory, “Exorcised Painting” – the B-side to their latest single “Promise Me Eternity” – being something of a case in point. On the whole, though, expect upbeat pop. Upbeat pop that sounds like it was recorded about 40 years ago, and left to bake in the southern sun since then.
I’m reminded of contemporaries such as The Drums, and close relatives Guards and Cults - all of whom seem to have missed the bit where The Beach Boys aren’t the dominant trend-setters in music any more. At times they unleash wordless warbling that’s almost worthy of Jim James, and there’s something of the air of Galaxie 500 about them. It’s all rather nice.
You can download both of “Promise Me Eternity” and “Exorcised Painting” below, and head over to their label Double Phantom Digital‘s Bandcamp for a free download of their debut EP “Sweater Weather Forever”. Genuine tie-dye sweater not included, unfortunately" (At the sun: listenbeforeyoubuy.net)
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