Primarily chosen for the artwork's 1970s shampoo ad retro styling and song titles such as Good Looking Experiment, The Pleasant Blue Sky Radiation Company and Punk Bubble, this is an album of psychedelic rock with the odd brassy moment thrown in. It started quite brightly but the exotic promise of blue skies and sun-kissed skin soon slipped beneath the waters of a muddy pool of over-indulgence. Dangerously edging towards a prog-rock pastiche at times, this is the sound of the gone-flabby Beach Boys reluctantly holidaying with the Bootleg Beatles. In Margate. In February. All nostalgia-themed fake palm trees and watered-down, cosmic cocktails. Probably fine if you are into patched flared jeans, lanky hair and hulihees but not my destination of choice. Not all bad but not enough to retain your attention.
Top Track: Sirocco
Verdict: Fail - not as good as the brochure promised.
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