Halcyon Digest

I'm torn with this one. On the paper, it has many things that appeal to me. I have a soft spot for this kind of indie music, a bit shoegazy, a bit all over the place. But the first half of the album bored me, and then Desire Lines started and sent me in a whole other dimension. Then it's a roller-coaster, some songs are good, some utterly boring. Not sure to see why this album belongs to this list.

I’m always intrigued when I get a band that I haven’t heard of on this project. This album starts out as fairly low key shoegazey indie before picking up with some nice 60s style psychedelia. Nothing world changing or revolutionary, but well done and good to listen to. The highlight for me is the Byrds-esque Memory Boy, dealing with the fallibility of nostalgia. A solid 3 stars for this.