Today’s spotlight single is actually a b-side. Hailing from Salt Lake City, The Mellons combine psychedelic and baroque pop influences in a most delightful way, as showcased on their debut album Introducing … The Mellons. They return now with a new single but are holding off on revealing both sides of the 45. That’s ok because the b-side “Please Baby Please” is a dynamite tune in its own right. It kicks off with a mesmerizing drone attack of insistent guitar hooks and 1970s Chicago style vocals, before they went all soft rock. Overall the sound sounds very Sloan in the way it gels together into a cohesive aural attack. Then in the instrumental break the atmosphere suddenly becomes British beat group circa 1965, all rough and ready guitar and band party vibe. I can’t wait to see where this goes on a whole-album treatment of such themes. Alas we have to wait until November just to glimpse the a-side here, let alone a whole batch of new tunes. But I’ve got a feeling it will be worth the wait.

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