Uuuuuh… we like this combination of words: "playful psych pop with an experimental edge". That’s our attempt at describing the music of Brooklyn based band Celestial Shore. These guys follow on the bizarre and elaborate "avant-pop" steps of acts like Dirty Projector and Deerhoof, with a slightly "mathy-er" approach, and vocal melodies and harmonies that will get Beach Boys fans excited. The way "Pals" – a perfect pop gem – gets truncated and pretty much sacrificed as a "song" to the god of experimentation might irritate the many pop purists out there. Instead, it makes us smile with complicity. Boring song structures are for later in life…
Check out Celestial Shore with Body Language live at Glasslands on July 1st and at Shea Stadium on July 14.
