In The Pines - Sunbeam Dream

Cincinnati psych-rockers return with their fourth album and turn the textural synths and spaced-out melodies all the way up to make their most Shoegaze-heavy record yet.

The Pines' most accomplished work to date - Sunbeam Dream takes the band’s shoegaze-informed psych rock and raises the bar. With a heavier emphasis on synths moving from a textural element to a main character in the band’s sound (courtesy of a 1971 resuscitated Mellotron), the band stakes a claim in the lineage of the grandeur and grit of albums like The Verve’s A Northern Soul or The Charlatans (UK) self-titled album, where both bands’ production seemed to match their creative vision. 

With Sunbeam Dream, everything feels both brighter, crisper, while at the same time delightfully swimming in a twilight haze that surrounds each element.