Often tagged as neo-psychedelic rock, Temples combines melody driven 60′s revivalist experimental rock with classically crafted pop-rock sensibilities. Imagine the Beatles and MGMT came together to record an album and you wouldn't be far off from what Bagshaw and crew have laid to wax here. Don't let the psychedelic label scare you off. While Temples makes use of some tropes of the genre, such as dreamy vocals, non-typical rock instrumentation (in the form of harp, flute and sitar effects delivered via keyboard), and a healthy amount of reverb, they also manage to avoid a lot of the genre's pitfalls. Almost all of the songs are tightly orchestrated affairs of about 5 minutes or less in length. There is no excessive jamming, no breakdowns in song structure, or difficult to listen to passages that mar some of the more experimental psychedelic albums throughout history. Sure, there are a few meandering guitar/keyboard interludes throughout, but the beat remains constant and there is never an apparent lack of focus. While clocking in at roughly 53 minutes, the twelve tracks that make up Sun Structures seem to go by much faster. shrooms dispensary
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