Smile
Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson died yesterday, so I guess this is pretty good timing. I really like this because it sounds like a beach boys album, but the vocals sound slowed down, probably because of Wilson’s voice changing as he ages. It’s an out there album, and almost everything feels like “good vibrations” could start at any moment. A lot of this feels like stream of consciousness turned into beach boys do jazz, not a huge fan of that but there is something very compelling about it and I bet if I listened a few times it would work for me. I think it’s because my mind is trying to predict what is going to happen next. Once I don’t have to do that, I wonder how I would feel about it. I did not look at the track list and when good vibrations started I was honestly surprised! A lot of this album, especially the more experimental sounds, reminds me a lot of experimental Beatles songs.

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