Green Imagination:The Sunshine Fix

Title: Green Imagination

Label: spinART

Genre: lo-fi pop-rock

Rating: 5 of 7

Brainchild of Bill Doss, former frontman of the Olivia Tremor Control and mainstay in the Elephant Six Recording Company collective, the Sunshine Fix drops a series of home-recorded pop-rock songs on their sophomore album. The lo-fi recordings do not venture far from the pop and rock genres, reflecting heavy mid-career Beatles influences with a touch of garage-tinged Monkees or less clever Zombies. It is slightly better than mediocre, especially since there are no real stand out songs. It is comforting to hear a band that is truly lo-fi though, and not produced to sound “garage.” I also like the assortment of instrumentation used, including a children’s choir on a couple of songs. Give it a listen if you are into 60s rock, lo-fi pop or if you were into O.T.C. and the Elephant 6 scene.

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