Lavender Flu

Chris Gunn shared time in two undeniably great, though never celebrated enough bands, The Hunches and Hospitals. His new endeavor, Lavender Flu isn't as noisy as the latter or as shambledown cathartic as the former, but he and the band are jumping in both feet first with widescope ambitions on Heavy Air. The double LP debut swims through psychedelic bogs that are shaggy and caked with fallout fuzz in places and burst out with bold pop statements in the next instant. Stitched together with a ragged twine of thought, the album could prove exhausting to the uninitiated, but those who've found room for Gunn's brand of veiled pop bombast will find Easter Eggs aplenty throughout this release. Out of the clamor and clash rise some beautiful moments of folk pop like "Those That Bend" or "My Time," both cuts that wouldn't seem out of place cozying up to some Elephant 6 disciples. Hell, the whole record would fit in with the Collective's vibe of sun-streaked psych mixed with "Green Typewriters" style experimentation and for the cadre of listeners out there looking for that heady stew, look no further, Lavender Flu's world is a dense rabbit hole worth exploring and re-exploring. Plenty of psychic fallout to tide you 'til Springtime.

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