Outrageous Cherry

Outrageous Cherry —

Out There in the Dark

(Del-Fi)

Once in a great while, a contemporary band comes along to pay props to another era’s sound, and applies their own spin so expertly that you end up loving the era– and the sound– all over again.

Detroit’s Outrageous Cherry do that for late ‘60’s psych-rock on the stunning Out There In The Dark, a darkly melodic epic that takes its kitchen-sink sensibility from the heady days of ‘67-’69 when chiming guitars, echo-y vocals, tambourine bashing and walls-of-overdubs were the hip pop currency. O.C.’s fourth disc turns old into new, with a palpable sense of analog atmospherics, and can’t-miss tunes like “Togetherness,” “Where Do I Go When You Dream” and “Eclipsed” that have the contemporary thrust of today. A wonderful ride, from the instantly memorable opening “Georgie Don’t You KNow” to he final track, an extended workout called “No Escape From the Infinite.”

This is a marvelous flashback and one of the best LPs of the year!

— Don Harrison