Dustbowl
The Story Of Mr. Dandy Gasoline
Limited vinyl reissue of the 2091 album by this American Cosmic Music classic from the highly praised Athens, Greece band Dustbowl! The title carries the suggestion of one of those slightly surreal, loosely themed, psych-pop collections of the late '60s emerging in the wake of 'S.F. Sorrow' but whether the songs relate narratively is neither here nor there, what's to the point important is they do so musically. Thus if lyrically it remains a mite esoteric; with a charming opaqueness musically it works a treat. A definite baroque mood haunts, along with an unmistakable Paisley Underground sensibility. The guitars and pedal steel are invariably given their heads, and the latter stands in, at times, for a string section; keyboards only feature, always tellingly, on three tracks; while the impressive backing vocals, provided and arranged by Jennie Kapadai, might well be the collections secret weapon.