Indigo Meadow
On 2010\'s *Phosphene Dream*, Austin psych-rock progenitors The Black Angels boarded a train of thought headed for the groovy unknown. The long strange trip takes a layover in *Indigo Meadow*. The Black Angels create more mesmerizing Animals and Velvet Underground-inspired ruminations on a wide range of topics, from synesthesia (“I Hear Colors”) to gun safety (“Don’t Play with Guns”). The Farfisa whine and Alex Maas’ vintage vocal phrasing color *Indigo Meadow* in a late-summer sepia tone, the fuzz on the guitar and bass requiring more than just a lint roller to remove from memory.
Ever inspired by the 1960s, the Texan psych rockers' latest album sees them veer away from the influence of the Velvet Underground toward the Yardbirds and the sound of Nuggets. The results are pseudo-menacing, flower-power-corny, and rather anachronistic.
Over the past few years The Black Angels have emerged as the patriarchs and greatest ambassadors for modern psych rock.