{"id":23123,"date":"2022-06-13T05:30:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T09:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=23123"},"modified":"2022-06-08T11:17:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T15:17:54","slug":"album-review-the-chemistry-set-pink-felt-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/13\/album-review-the-chemistry-set-pink-felt-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: The Chemistry Set &#8212; Pink Felt Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23124\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/chemistry_set_pft.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/chemistry_set_pft.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/chemistry_set_pft-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/chemistry_set_pft-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>For some, the idea of making (much less listening to) psychedelic music inn the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century seems anachronistic. I don\u2019t share that sentiment; even without the use of psychedelic drugs, the music continues to entertain me. And a current-day act calling itself The Chemistry Set has just released Pink Felt Trip, a raging slab of what I\u2019d advisedly categorize as hard psych.<\/p>\n<p>If your tastes lean toward The Open Mind (\u201cMagic Potion\u201d) and Julian Cope\u2019s second-wave psych, you\u2019ll definitely want to dig into <i>Pink Felt Trip<\/i>. With an attitude that veers wildly from the Hawkwind flavor of the title track to the Spinal Tap-meets-Moody Blues \u201cThe Witch,\u201d it\u2019s an exhilarating sonic ride. Period instruments (or modern-day equivalents that will fool you into thinking they\u2019re vintage) are employed to deliver the mystical, lysergic character of the music.<\/p>\n<p>Chemistry Set sometimes feels a bit like Dukes of Stratosphere, especially on tasty cuts like \u201cLovely Cuppa Tea.\u201d And the group digs into some heavy, hypnotic riffage on \u201cFirefly,\u201d conjuring memories of lesser-known acts like Andromeda. \u201cPsychotronic Man\u201d applies a cinematic sheen with some Indian textures; the result sounds not unlike Justin Hayward backed by Kula Shaker. \u201cPaint Me a Dream\u201d combines <i>Revolver<\/i>-era sonics with \u201890s Britpop a la Stone Roses. Put another way, it\u2019s <i>reeeally<\/i> good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSail Away\u201d explores the Delta blues side of psychedelia, with keening slide guitars and percussion that sounds straight out of the Maharishi\u2019s ashram. \u201cThe Rubicon\u201d rocks out and hard, with insistent woodblock and a Kinks feel. The album concludes with an epic work, the 11-minutes-plus, three-part suite \u201cSelf Expression Trinity.\u201d Like any good extended work in the psych (or psych-adjacent) category, it features plenty of dramatic sweeps, tympani and Mellotron (or their equivalents) and takes its time to develop. But it\u2019s a corker, and earns its extended run time.<\/p>\n<p>Vintage-sounding psychedelia is alive and well in 2022. Visit <i>Pink Felt Trip<\/i> for proof.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For some, the idea of making (much less listening to) psychedelic music inn the 21st century seems anachronistic. 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