First new Bevis Frond studio album in 2 years! Recorded immediately after producing/co-writing/performing on Mary Lou Lord's Baby Blue album late last year. The band includes long time bass player Adrian Shaw (ex-Hawkwind) and drummer Jules Felton (ABC, Lightning Seeds). 18 varied tracks of neo-psychedelia, from piano-driven ballads to an epic guitar-workout album closer. The Bevis Frond is Londoner Nick Saloman, an artist of singular vision whose staunch devotion to the spirit of vintage psychedelia has yielded a shelf full of unmistakably '60s-derived albums. But there's more to the Bevis Frond's extensive catalogue than mere hippie revival. The singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist's twisted pop tunes, reflective acoustic excursions and extended guitar freakouts carry a quirkily personal edge and a distinctive melodic sensibility that raises them well above mere stylistic fetishism. Increasingly, his songs have found their way into the repertoires of American indie-rockers (most reliably Mary Lou Lord), and that has increased his profile even among those daunted by the prospect of a substantial oeuvre. -Scott Schinder & Wilson Neate, Trouser Press