Search - Lockgroove :: Sleeping on the Elephant Fog

Start with the reverb minimalism of Galaxie 500, add the guitar squall of Spacemen 3 and the under-the-influence psychedelic flourishes of Barrett-era Pink Floyd. But wait, that's not all! Include doses of Mogwai's loud-soft guitar loopiness, Rain Parade's droning electric folk, and Yo La Tengo's hushed melodic tenderness. With all these reference points, it's hard to state that Boston band Lockgroove manage to find an original path out of this influential forest, but somehow they manage to evoke without plagiarism to astounding result. Rumor has it that Martin and Ryan Rex--the identical twin brothers who front Lockgroove--share some kind of freaky musical telepathy, and the hard-wired intensity of Sleeping on the Elephant Fog's alchemy doesn't belie that notion. Indeed, if they fulfill the enormous promise of their first full-length, they may shift psychedelia's epicenter--previously located in California and Britain--to New England. --Tod Nelson