RESTOCK. Local six-piece outfit and musical idealists with global aspirations, ABSINTHE

BLIND, have created a collection of genius pop songs populating epic

soundfields, akin to Brit-pop darlings Travis and Coldplay's anthemic

sophistry, Radiohead's enigmatic pop-operas, with hints of The Stone Roses'

psychedelic shimmy, Pink Floyd's contorted dark majesty, all driven by a

refreshing dose of powerhouse Midwestern indie rock energy. Which explains their

incredible regional popularity, and it's fair warning for the rest of the nation

sitting in their cross hairs. "The Everyday Separation" balances hallucinatory

quietude with equally transcendent guitar-bombast, tender coed vocals and

harmonies, strings and horns and baroque arrangements?six talented players

pulling out every stop, every song, every night.