The Beachwood Sparks are space cowboys -- although their self-titled Sub Pop debut most closely recalls the sound of vintage Laurel Canyon country-rock, its shimmering twang-pop melodies and gorgeous harmonies bask in a kind of interstellar psychedelia which lends the album an otherworldly glow. The hypnotically dreamlike instrumental passages which wind their way through luminous country-pop moments like "Sister Rose," "Something I Don't Recognize," and "Old Sea Miner" completely transform the album's chemical makeup. Rooted in the earth but reaching for the stars, the group realizes Gram Parsons' "Cosmic American music" aesthetic in its truest sense.
All photos by David Greenwald It was a triumphant return to Los Angeles for hometown heroes Beachwood Sparks , reunited after a half-decade off. Not off? The band's chops, which were sharper than ever. Their best material, especially songs from their self-titled debut like "Canyon Ride" and "Silver Morning After," was rich and lush live, alternatively twangy and surreal. They were just as ...
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Gram Parsons famously dubbed the songs he played "Cosmic American music." Perhaps no band embraced the possibilities of the genre as much as the short-lived Beachwood Sparks , a Los Angeles band who followed in the California tradition of Parsons and the Byrds over two albums and an EP that saw bleary-eyed psychadelics share barstools with cowboy twang and sugary, high-pitched melodies worthy...
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The Beachwood Sparks will be invading New York City this weekend. The first stop is Maxwell's tonight in Hoboken, New Jersey with our friends the Hymns. Tomorrow night, they will be at the Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan. I seriously recommend you attend at least one of these shows. These guys are legends in the recent California psychedelic country scene and when I saw them play a couple of weeks...
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All photos by David Greenwald It was a triumphant return to Los Angeles for hometown heroes Beachwood Sparks , reunited after a half-decade off. Not off? The band's chops, which were sharper than ever. Their best material, especially songs from their self-titled debut like "Canyon Ride" and "Silver Morning After," was rich and lush live, alternatively twangy and surreal. They were just as ...
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Gram Parsons famously dubbed the songs he played "Cosmic American music." Perhaps no band embraced the possibilities of the genre as much as the short-lived Beachwood Sparks , a Los Angeles band who followed in the California tradition of Parsons and the Byrds over two albums and an EP that saw bleary-eyed psychadelics share barstools with cowboy twang and sugary, high-pitched melodies worthy...
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| 1 Desert Skies |
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| 2 Ballad of Never Rider |
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| 3 Silver Morning After |
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| 4 Singing Butterfly |
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| 5 Sister Rose |
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| 6 This Is What It Feels Like |
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| 7 Canyon Ride |
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| 8 The Reminder |
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| 9 The Calming Seas |
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| 10 New County |
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| 11 Something I Don't Recognize |
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| 12 Old Sea Miner |
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| 13 See, Oh Three |
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| 14 Sleeping Butterfly |
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