WORKS, THE s/t (Subliminal Sounds)
All right! More seemingly time-lost but actually quite contemporary psych-rock from the musical wizards that populate Sweden, a mystical land seemingly teeming with talented retro-rockers such as Elope and Dungen. Not only are The Works on the same label as (the now exceedingly and deservedly popular) Dungen, but members of Dungen and The Works have played in each other's bands, one of the Works playing live on tour with Dungen, while Dungen folks guest on this debut cd from The Works. But they don't sound exactly alike, of course -- this is less rustic, less folky than Dungen, more proggy, more bombastic. And The Works sing in English. But there ARE flutes. Along with spacey, symphonic washes of keyboards, organ, and Mellotron. Of course Mellotron. These guys are called The Works after all, and they're not gonna leave out anything that'll give 'em that authentic '60s/'70s psych-prog vibe! They certainly share some influences with Dungen but have other obvious ones of their own as well... listening to this, we mentally checked off the following as probable influences and/or possible comparisons: Pink Floyd, Sgt. Pepper's, Yes, Pugh Rogefeldt, The Who, Olivia Tremor Control, and Radiohead circa OK Computer. The latter especially really seems to surface as the album progresses, actually. We won't say this destroyed us quite like Dungen did, but for a modern day, backwards-glancing psych-prog-pop piece it's quite nice indeed!
MPEG Stream: http://www.aquariusrecords.org/audio/worksisaw.m3u - "I Saw The Ocean"
MPEG Stream: http://www.aquariusrecords.org/audio/worksslowas.m3u - "Slow As She Goes"