Songs of Lies and Deceit

Cumbria's The Lucid Dream finally unleash their debut full length, following 4 sold out 45s, steady press coverage and widespread acclaim for live shows which have seen them support everyone from Beefheart's Magic Band, Death In Vegas, A Place to Bury Strangers and Spectrum. Previous descriptions of the bands' sound has honed in on fuzz and drone heavy nods to Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized, BJM and The Heads, yet that somehow overlooks the pure pop savvy and stripped down acid drenched hooks a la the US West Coast and prime era Mary Chain and Beach Boys feel to tunes like 'Heartbreak Girl' and 'Love In My Veins'. To these ears, tips of the hat also include a favourable one towards Motown in places even, so to dig a wee bit here is no bad thing.