Sugary psych-pop for the paranoid soul.
Starlight Mints - Drowaton Alternative Press - Editorial Intern on 5/30/06 @ 2:00 PM - altpress.com
[3/5] There are at least three separate albums contained within
Drowaton, and it's a testament to Starlight Mints' kitchen-sink approach that each listen yields varied results. On the surface, mild-mannered guitars and drums suggest simple, pretty song skeletons. But there's a skewed sensibility weaving through the eclectic instrumentation of the Oklahoma band's ghostly dream scenes. Pianos, bells, violins, whistling solos and fuzzy squelches of psychedelic knob-twiddling orchestrate a chamber-pop that alternates between Charlie Brown dance-party funk and spooky organ grinding--sometimes, within the same song. Allan Vest's vocals bind the songs together with the poetic ramblings of an insane carnival barker, though the disc's highlight, "The Killer," changes the pace with a barebones acoustic lament and a fragile lyric whispered over a funeral riff. Like the best parts of Drowaton, it's a ray of sunshine inside a cold and lonely place.
(BARSUKL) Luke O'Neil
Official Website: http://www.barsuk.com
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