Like a gospel version of Olivia Tremor Control, Ghost Pal uses psychedelia to illuminate a spiritual energy hidden just behind life’s ups-and-downs. From the death of singer Oliver Ignatius’s beloved dog (Raja’s Song), to a rollicking ode to new studio Mama Coco’s Funky Kitchen in ‘God Save Mama Coco’s,’ to a brassy cover of Dylan’s ‘Rainy Day Women #12 & 35,’ the Brooklyn band covers all their bases, using pennywhistles, glockenspiels, Beach Boys harmonies, and crooked guitars in a way that would make Syd Barrett proud.
That’s the same Mama Coco’s referred to in their latest EP title ‘God Save MCFK’ by the way. A place that’s become home to many interesting artists that include also The Harmonica Lewinskies and Sam Davison among others. The record is an impressive start for this psych-spiritual act, whose debut album ‘Nathan Jones Is Dead’ was listed in Magnet’s Top 25 of 2012. See where they bring those glockenspiels next when they play this Friday, April 19 at Free Candy Gallery in Brooklyn. – Mike Levine (@Goldnuggets)