Friday, April 5, 2019

Day 0217 - Surf's Up

The Beach Boys "Surf's Up" (1971)

 
This is bit of a different sound for these guys.  At times, I'd be hard-pushed to guess that it was the Beach Boys.

By this stage I guess that Brian's mental health was slipping and the other members were starting to have more of a hand in the songwriting.  Whatever the case, it stands up as an interesting mix of psychedelic and classic sounds, cynicism and nostalgia, melancholy and hope.  It's a weird, hybrid (but totally listenable) beast.

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