Editorial
Review
Amazon.com
Beachwood Sparks have set their time machine for sunny Southern California
circa 1969 and landed with an homage to the country rock that led
music fans out of the Beatles
era. Although it contains echoes of the Byrds
, the Flying
Burrito Brothers , and Buffalo
Springfield , their self-titled album ultimately charts its own
course with crisp songwriting, distinctive four-part harmonies, and
tiptop instrumentation that features lap-steel and 12-string guitars,
piano, and harmonica. At a time when many bands like Neutral
Milk Hotel and Olivia
Tremor Control treat pastiche as if it were a novelty, Beachwood
Sparks retain the sparkle of late-'60s mellow rock yet are anchored
by a clear-headed originality. The slow-waltzing "New County" and
transcendent "Silver Morning After" are far more than a nostalgic
look back at the Laurel Canyon crowd with their white jeans, stringy-haired
girlfriends, and Humboldt weed. They are the classic rock songs of
the future. -- Lois Maffeo
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