The Tyde-Once (Orange Sky)
The sound of the Tyde is one that could
have only emanated from Southern California.
The sound of late 60’s LA pours from the grooves of this elegantly
written piece of country-psych. Imagine
a band playing a more sun-kissed version of Nashville Skyline Dylan or Sweetheart
Byrds and you won’t be too far away from the vision of the Tyde.
The Tyde know how to sequence a
disc. They come out of the gates with
their tour-de-force, “All My Bastard Children”, with its engaging middle eights,
lovely guitar lines, and keyboard playing off a Dylan album. This tune, like many of the others on the
album glides by with the smooth stargazing atmospherics of the Verve’s best
work. At times, as on “New Confessions”
and “Your Tattoos”, the playful tone of the lyrics and melodies penned by lead
vocalist Darren Rademaker remind me of Stuart Murdoch going through a county
period. If it seems like the band might
get trapped in an opiate haze, they always kick out the fun, as the do on the
Stonsey riff rocker “North County Times”.
I also must give the band props for
getting the ubiquitous John “Twink” Adler (Tomorrow, Pretty Things, Pink
Faries) to make an appearance on the disc (on tambourine). Another thing that convinces me of the
prevailing good taste of the group is the name of their record label, Orange
Sky, the name of one of my favorite Love tunes. These boys (and girls) have gone a long way towards giving this
release an authentic classic aura, right down to the clothes they select on the
album cover. I don’t think there fully
realized yet, but give them time to gel, and the Tyde might unleash a real
monster.
(For more Tyde info visit www.thetyde.com)
