There’s something about Old Light’s inherent need to experiment that keeps the listener intrigued in each moment of their sweeping, unbridled compositions. For every two steps into the psychedelic they take one step back into a more accessible territory, resulting in an effect that could bring the most tentative listener into a hypnotic, hallucinatory state. YES, their most recent release, is filled with such moments. Harmonies are broken between soft vocals and reverb drenched guitar tones, coloring even the most disorienting moments with a certain pop appeal. Old Light will be playing at Dante’s this Friday night as part of MFNW with La Luz, Mike Donavan and Ty Segall, catch their set at 10 pm. – Benjamin Toledo
