Eclipse

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Personnel: Emil Bureau (vocals, guitar, organ, bells); Errka Petersson (electric piano, organ, Mellotron); Niels "Bird" Fuglede (bass guitar); Jonas Waaben (drums, percussion, background vocals). Recording information: The Village Recording, Copenhagen. The Danish psych-pop combo's third studio long-player Eclipse wastes no time delivering its mission statement via the willfully '60s-fetishising opener "Forever 69," which sounds a lot like the Doors having a go at Cream's "White Room." Frontman Emil Bureau may not have the dark charisma of Jim Morrison or the stately, distinctive croon of Jack Bruce (his warbly tenor actually hews closer to American Beauty-era Jerry Garcia), but he and childhood friends Jonas Waaben (drums) and Niels Fuglede (bass) have managed to evoke the hazy, smoke-stained patina of the era, specifically the aural emissions of the California counterculture scene, without resorting to 15-minute exploratory guitar solos or the use of a gong. In keeping things on the perfunctory end of the classic rock spectrum, Sonic Dawn's bluesy blend of grimy, neo-psychedelia and pastoral, Laurel Canyon-esque acid-folk feels a little less contrived, and more in line with the flower power movement's early predilection for singles. ~ James Christopher Monger