Hey, listen — how do you feel about soaring twin-guitar leads? Oh yeah, well how about if they’re played by a lefty and a righty, so it’s like a mirror image? And the lefty’s playing an upside-down Flying V? That do anything for ya? Well, what if there’s also ladies singing “ahhhh” in harmony over it all? If that doesn’t scratch yer back, then I cannot do anything for you, sir. That’s the way the ball bounces, G.
Citay’s hitting on all cylinders right now, and I can’t recommend seeing them enough if you’re down for a California-style journey into the land of sweet jam. They were celebrating the release of their third album, Dream Get Together (Dead Oceans), which is gonna be over thar on that Faves of 2010 page once I get a breath around here. Their performance last night was right-on and fully special, with bonus points being handed out to vocalist Meryl Press for delivering the transcendent goods on the lock-for-the-2010-mix “Mirror Kisses” — Tune-Yards’ Merrill Garbus, who sings this on the album, is no easy act to follow, but Press nailed it. Beautiful. And congratulations to guitarist Josh Pollock for easily taking the Hella Best Shredding of Noise Pop 2010 award. I love that guy.
Scout Niblett (moody vocals-guitar-n-drums) and Greg Ashley (instrumental electric guitar) preceded Citay, but undercard props are gonna go to San Diego’s Tape Deck Mountain for a sweet set of psych, including a delicioso version of Danzig’s “Mother.” Here’s a vid of them doing this in San Diego last year:
Tape Deck Mountain’s Ghost is out on Lefse Records.
