Literal-minded listeners anticipating the brand new venture from Dean Fertita to sound like an unlikely alchemy of Jimmy Buffet and Bauhaus might be disillusioned from the off, however method Tropical Gothclub with an open thoughts and it’s possible you’ll discover it expanded additional.
Standout monitor Double Blind – a deliciously trippy ramble via Flaming Lips territory by way of a detour into Pink Floyd‘s Fearless – would possibly loom head and shoulders above the remainder, however there’s loads to get the serotonin spiking.
The place Is The Water twists and meanders hazily earlier than shifting into gear with a riff from the Jack White faculty of thud, whereas opener Needles is excitable storage rock with a stiff, post-punk edge.
And over within the kaleidoscopic nook, Wheels Inside Wheels flips merrily from one psychedelic territory to the following and features a wriggling organ solo that sounds as if it is being squeezed from a tube. All in all, it is fairly the journey.
