I vividly remember the Indie Obsessive Blog writing “another instrument-authentic rock grenade has been lobbed over the Indie wall by LA’s trio Raised on TV” after the Souls on Fire single of 2019. Despite being addled by age I have a wonderful memory and rumours that a “JanglePopHub book of future plagiarism” exists are caustic lies.

Thankfully, I now get to use the sentence with this third Strangers Than Pictures album by the Californian of Raised On TV, providing tracks such as The Race, The Fire, and Losing My Mind, which flirt to varying degrees with mixtures of psyche rock and intense Ducks Ltd/Beef/Holy Tunics sounds that drive straight through the core of the best of modern day jangly indie-rock.

Of course, it is the subtleties of this act that have traditionally excelled, and this release is certainly no exception. Always full of a languid sense of sun-kissed, Around The Sun, the title track, Mr. Blue, and Break Me Free offer their trademark juxtaposition of slightly ethereal, spectral surf-rock that just about wins the fight for recognition amid the intermittent crunchy guitar riffs that seem to want to break the act free from any sense of saccharine.

However, the very best of the release moves towards the most lethargic of slacker-pop tendencies, with Between Highs and Lows, Wasted, and Kids offering the resplendent jangled riffs and washed-out submerged vocals that are so reminiscent of the Charlie Duda aesthetic and its propensity to drip with lazy sunshine.

An act that should never be far away from your musical considerations when it comes to ‘those beer in the garden’ moments !

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