Reefy Seadragon

Dog Age was started over a decade ago in Oslo, Norway. Several singles and albums were issued on different labels under slightly different lineups since their debut full-length. Initially playing industrial synthesized pop, they quickly embraced ethereal folk-pop psychedelia splashed with prog-rock touches -- Revolver-era Beatles meets early Pink Floyd. The new album, Reefy Seadragon, is their first recording in several years. It is a psychedelic pop rock jewel sounding very much like the Elephant 6 artists Apples In Stereo and Olivia Tremor Control. The production is clean, with lysergic flourishes throughout the album -- at times the band sounds like Syd Barrett and at other times they evoke the ultra-sheen melodicism of the French band Air. Their strong guitar work is laced with harpsichord, strings, and backward recordings; carefree lyrics, sometimes stream of consciousness psychedelia, reach the ear with simple yet irresistible vocal harmonies straight out of the British Isles of 1967.