Salvage Enterprise＜Lemon Vinyl＞

フロントマン、ファウンダー、プロデューサー、マルチ・インストゥルメンタリスト、そして先見の明を持ったTIM DELAUGHTER率いる、テキサス・ダラスの大所帯サイケデリック・ロック・グループ、THE POLYPHONIC SPREEが、ニューアルバムをリリース!

オリジナル・アルバムとしては2014年『Psychphonic』以来、9年ぶりとなる作品。柔らかなアコースティック・ギターの導入部から壮大な世界観と没入感溢れるサイケデリアに魅了される"GALLOPING SEAS (SECTION 44)"など、全9曲を収録しています。

Returning after an extended break, the Polyphonic Spree offer a more intimately rendered take on their symphonic pop style with 2023s Salvage Enterprise. The first album of new material since 2014s Psychphonic, the album also follows the groups 2020 covers project, Afflatus. Once again at the helm of the Spree is lead singer/songwriter Tim DeLaughter, who favors a folky, 70s AM pop vibe on many of these songs. While there are certainly sunshiney moments here, DeLaughter also underscores much of the album with a hard-won indie rock catharsis that feels like hes gone through some tough times and wants to impart a sense of hopeful optimism to his listeners. This is especially true on "Section 47 (Got Down to the Soul)," an emotive, piano-driven ballad in the classic Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys style. Theres also the wistful, flute-accented "Section 49 (Hop Off the Fence)" whose lulling, summery harmonies nicely evoke the orchestral work of the Carpenters. As with much of the Sprees past work, theres a nice balance between lyric-driven pop and more sonically ambitious instrumental passages. Both the opening and ending tracks feature the groups trademark choral harmonies and culminate in crashing waves of strings, guitars, and percussion. All of this lends itself to a feeling of cinematic grandeur, as if the album were conceived to be played alongside a psychedelic, yet still emotionally resonant auteur film from the late 60s or early 70s. ~ Matt Collar