Gems from the Pitch Pile-- The Lovetones

Nothing says Thursday like a lovin' spoonful of psychedelic prism pop. 

And "prism pop"-- nonexistent review-ism though it may be-- is a pretty sweet way to identify Dimensions, The Lovetones' fourth studio album. Founder and frontman Matthew J Tow (of Brian Jonestown Massacre fame) is clearly drawing on the pop masters of the sixties something powerful, but woven through are countless influences from every decade under the sun: driving guitar riffs, octave-jumping vocal harmonies, rich 5-minute trips that swell and burst with sixties groove but hinge on hooks and melodies that get stuck in the head like a mother and do not leave until you hear the Law and Order theme song four days later. Dimensions smacks of a jigsaw, of a stew, of a prism with every shade distinct, beautiful, full of light, and trippy when stared at against a white wall.

Dimensions officially hit virtual stores last week -- check it out at Amazon or iTunes.

The Lovetones -- "Journeyman"