Room To Think EP
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Room To Think EP |
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Swell's all-new-stuff EP, meant to entice those who've already worn through
their Psycho-Specific copy of ...Well?, finds the band in a relaxed and recumbent
mood, strumming idly on acoustics and drawling through beds of echo with an
offhandedly psychedelic air. "At Long Last" is a long-unfolding, fog-enshrouded
affair that suggests the influence of either Steve or Dave Roback, while "Here
It Is" draws a more sinister bead, strumming away with a very `60s-cum-early-'80s
mock innocence that characterized S.F. music of the far-gone psychedelic revival
days. The guitars snap out of their moody reserve on "Life's Great," lathering
up to a velvety crunch that satisfies our need for aggression within the surreal.
Swell spaces out even further than previously, drawing upon only the finest
Bay Area predecessors for its amplified, cushioned cartwheels into the paisley
nebula.
-Deborah Orr
