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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Calico Mantra and the divine neo-vintage psychedelic rock of "The Madmen"

 










"something missing in my mind my friend"


Listening, or maybe I should say 'floating', to "The Madmen" by 'neo-vintage duo Calico Mantra based out of Nashville and I feel swept away into a 70's-esque big Brit pop homage. I distinctly thought of Bowie, the Beatles and Tears for Fears and while that duo (TFF) were ostensibly an 80's outfit, they had some 70's pop / chamber pop affections as well. 


"We love old late 60's psychedelic music so we wanted to do our best in channeling the issues of this world both politically and environmentally, while staying true to the style."

Leonardo Faillace's and Victor Arruda's love of these vintage sounds is obvious in the way they approach the tones here. Clean vocals and heavy bass, Mellotron sounds, lush clean guitars (with a bit of dirty glitter sprinkled throughout) and vox (with dreamy lush backing vox) that bounce while the music marches forward. I am thinking of the acclaimed Thomas Marolda who successfully champions this kind of aesthetic as well. This twist on classic psyche pop with an unabashedly heavy hugging embrace for 60's and 70's rock psychedelia will push endearing nostalgic buttons when music seemed more real.  

-Robb Donker Curtius






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Psychedelic Neo-Vintage Duo from Nashville, TN channeling the voice of Bowie and the Beatles in their exploration of sound and psychedelic travel.


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