Every track from this that's more than a minute long has been whizzing around the blogosphere for the whole summer now, so please disregard this if you've heard it all before. However, it really does deserve to be talked about. I spent the summer being tantilised by the tracks, wishing that I could somehow mirror the experiences that must have created them.
All of 'Psychic Chasms' is the kind of glorious, slightly blissed-out, slightly joyous celebration of long hot nights dancing and feeling alive that dozens of bands go for every summer. It's strange that it was left so late to get released this year. Although it's not quite an instant-classic like 'Person Pitch' , it's definitely some of the best summer music I've heard all year. I guess it really does serve to keep the season alive in my mind a long time after we've packed up our beach towels and found new shades to go with our winter coats.
It gives off "synths that sound like guitars/guitars that sound like synths" vibe that's almost reminiscent of a chilled Late of the Pier. The vocals are really low in the mix -the kind of thing that's almost impossible to dislike. The textures and vibes they create are pretty psychedelic, but it's grounded in a care-free simplicity. Like a lot of crazy hyped bands this year, everything sits under a murky lo-fi layer. What's different is that it really sounds like it shouldn't be there at all. At first I thought it was just a bad vinyl-rip or something, but that all gets very unimportant when the music gets under your skin. And you should let it.
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