Saturday, 13 June 2026

The Rain The Park And Other Things · The Cowsills


[1967]
One of those vaguely familiar tunes you know you've heard before but can't quite place who or what it is, maybe its on a cd compilation of sunny psychedelic 60s stuff you've got in a dusty old box somewhere that you haven't played since the 90s. Who knows. Then suddenly you're deliberately listening to it and you realise it's an absolute sunshine pop banger: A baroque bubblegum classic. Right up there with I dunno The Free Design and way better than anything The Left Banke ever did. A toppermost poppermost tune well worth of a listen.  

A magical mirage of a track that's alwayys coming and going, ebbing and flowing, conjuring up then dissipating just like the girl in the song. Did it even happen or was it all just a beautiful dream?

Thursday, 11 June 2026

Jon Byron - Simple


[1976]
An AM treasure indeed.

The soft rock lounge soundz of Jon Byron's Simple is just what you need right now. Warm middle of the road countrypolitan vocals with a sprinkling of fender rhodes and some smooth sax-a-muh-phone. 

Nice. 

*Shout out to Lolvalstein the one guy who reviewed Byron's New Horizons LP on the internet.