Hallucinogenic pop for hallucinating times

“Hallucinogenic pop for hallucinating times.” (De Standaard)

With Tame Impala, Ariel Pink, Foxygen and Jacco Gardner, there seems to be no avoiding it: a wave of excellent – contemporary sounding - sixties psychedelica is washing over the indie-pop landscape. American-resident New-Zealander Unknown Mortal Orchestra fits perfectly in the row.

They guarantee wonderfully ramshackle, tingling with LSD drenched ‘psychsoul' with their – uh – second album ‘II’. Let's just say: lo-fi psychedelica that seems to come straight out of the sixties and exudes both The Beatles and Pink Floyd. There's certainly no counting their letters of praise. Grizzly Bear and Liars outed themselves as fans by taking them along on tour and Humo praised them with a compelling *** ½-review. Then AB saw the band at work at SXSW – basically: the biggest showcase festival in the world – in Austin (US) and was very much impressed. What are you waiting for?

Opener will be the band Mozes And The Firstborn (from Eindhoven) who merge garage-rock with pop. The Top Notch label (Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig, Lange Frans,…) picked up this young band straight away in their homeland. They've even adorned the after-party for Jack White.