Let There Be Lights

A wise person once asked, "What's in a name?" To which some arrogant ass replied, "Everything." The less presumptuous among us aren't so quick to accept that answer, but one could hardly contest the fact that Electric Lights Flashing Very Fast is big enough to contain five words, nine syllables and one obscure Syd Barrett reference. But if their name is big, this New York City-based power trio's sound is downright gargantuan. Conjuring the camp ferocity of the Louis XIV (T. Rex), the epic scale of The Arcade Fire (ELO), and the debauched whimsy of Genesis, ELFVF smash their drums, guitars and electronics into an unexampled amalgam of synth-enhanced psychedelic garage rock.