"I bet you look nice / and the sun's born at night / watching you go / there's a cold in the street / the people you meet / that you'd never know..."
The tubular psychedelia of "When the Stars Fall" by Canada's Strange Plants, the psychedelic rock outfit centered birthed from the creative partnership of Travis Flint and Matt Brannon (former members of the Halifax NS alt-country collective Hot Mondy), wraps around you like purple smoke, you quickly realize that this is not the stuff of only today but decades long of musical artistic bacteria staining the night sky. Not only does "When the Stars Fall" have a kind of "P" aesthetic, psychedelic in the Pink Floyd / Portishead / Porcupine Tree kind of way but (to me) they have a decidedly old school analog lean which perfectly fits their sound here. This might be in stark contrast to psych rock artists like The Black Angels or Psychedelic Porn Crumpets who went to the Osees school of face melting, don't get me wrong, love this lean to and seen them too many times to mention, but the sound here that Strange Plants crafts is one that might take your head and heart in 100 different directions and literally a dozen different genres.
"When the Stars Fall" has, in the final analysis, a truly timeless filmic quality, a sound that might invade black holes in space or beyond the gates that are pearly.
[Strange Plants’ diverse influences coupled with analog effects and recording techniques has resulted in a record that’s both timeless and forward-thinking—an album “glazed with your favorite psychedelic”. The resulting sound is rich in texture, yet stripped of excess—and captures a spirit of analog authenticity that feels both nostalgic and fresh.]
[The resulting collection of songs on Strange Plants’ eponymous newly released debut album were recorded at the legendary Creative Workshop studio in Nashville with the help of one of the city’s most in-demand musicians, Robbie Crowell (Deer Tick, Sturgill Simpson). Over an intense 8-day period, the band laid down 11 tracks that capture a raw, vintage sound with minimal digital interference—true to their love of old-school recording techniques.]
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Strange Plants was born from the creative partnership of Travis Flint and Matt Brannon—former members of the Halifax NS alt-country collective Hot Mondy. Deeply rooted in vintage psychedelia, their debut album draws influences from artists like MGMT, the Black Keys, and Jack White, while remaining faithful to classic icons such as Pink Floyd and Supertramp.
The resulting collection of songs on Strange Plants’ eponymous newly released debut album were recorded at the legendary Creative Workshop studio in Nashville with the help of one of the city’s most in-demand musicians, Robbie Crowell (Deer Tick, Sturgill Simpson). Over an intense 8-day period, the band laid down 11 tracks that capture a raw, vintage sound with minimal digital interference—true to their love of old-school recording techniques.
Strange Plants’ diverse influences coupled with analog effects and recording techniques has resulted in a record that’s both timeless and forward-thinking—an album “glazed with your favorite psychedelic”. The resulting sound is rich in texture, yet stripped of excess—and captures a spirit of analog authenticity that feels both nostalgic and fresh.
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