This San Jose band earned themselves a record deal through a Vox Battle of the Bands, resulting in what’s occasionally being referred to as “a rather disappointing LP”, which I strongly disagree with.
It might be true that the particular moment in 1968 does find them still kinda searching for the real identity, jumping back-and-forth from one late’60s sub-genre to another, but one thing that certainly cannot be denied is a quite competent delivery, be it the quirky pair of Syd-through-Blue Cheer feel of the opening Falling and the just as witty ’67 Who-mor of Mourning Electra, the funked-up Rubber Soul-ful folk rocking of It’s Wrong, or harpsichord-laden Left Bank-ish harmony pop of That’s The Way Love Is and Look At Me.
Of course, there’s also a couple of pretty convincing evidences of their West Coast origins, with Deep In The Heart Of Nebraska, Circumstance and Unusual State Of Mind all being fine examples of genuine, slightlydelic r’n’beat, sometimes verging on the edge of garage-punk, that characterized the early Frisco-scene.
Unfortunately, they didn’t seem to have found the identity they were looking for, with this lone album making us believe that, otherwise, they might’ve been high contenders for one of the leading roles revolving around Hight Ashbury.
[Released by Radioactive 2006]
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