Haight-Ashbury’s name suggests acid-drenched guitar jams, but the Scottish trio’s second album swamps Galswegian indie rock indolence and studied pop classicism in ludicrously lush, reverb heavy, Mamas And Papas Sunshine state harmonies.
Sophomore, the album’s single, contains all trio’s signature moves. Fuzzed Jesus and Mary Chain guitars throb way down deep in the record’s Marianas Trench of a mix, while a breezy girl-group go-go dance on the surface.
The closing song, Love, Haight and Ashbury, unplugs the effects pedals for a piano and vocal ballad, in a Mike Yarwood style ‘and this is me’ moment.
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