Sundowners - Sundowners
As sure as night follows day we need bands like The Sundowners.
As sure as night follows day we need bands like The Sundowners. We need reminding of the beauty in life - the swish of morning dew against naked flesh, the mystical messaging hidden within Hendrix guitar solos, and the hyper-activity from eating too many blue Smarties.
From the first tambourines of 'Wild of the Season', through the soaring vocals of 'Into the Light' and 'Hummingbird', and right until the very last dose of 'Medicine' this is not so much a journey as a trip. Taking their inspiration from the harmonious West Coast sixties, this contemporary reworking of psyche-folk and mystic lyricism comes from a Liverpool band with a live reputation already earned through supporting Cat's Eyes and Kasabian..
Produced by James and Ian Skelley (The Coral), this latest carnation of the musical Hoylake fraternity is set to go stratospheric in 2015. Buy your ticket now. By the end of this Summer, you will want to have listened to this album, and taken your own psychedelic walk on the Wirral side.
And if it does not have you reaching for the hash cookies and the dayglo marker pens, then my name is not Timothy Leary.
8/10
