The new The Lavender Flu EP Assorted Promenades has 9 songs, but officially is an EP. That makes sense. Not just because it’s relatively short playing length, but also because its content defies boundaries. That makes Assorted Promenades a great fit on the Mind Meld, a sublabel of Total Punk that is designed to release eclectic music. In case of The Lavender Flu, a personal favorite of the Total Punk head honcho, the music is a hypnotic mix of psych, garage pop, tape hiss and sonic soundscapes. Or as I’d call it: a perfect backdrop for typing away in my home office. Assorted Promenades mixes traditional (yet exciting) psych-y garage pop (listen to Dream Girl – originally by Oscar Mack) with brain tickling dreamy melodies (listen to the eponymous track) and more sonic weirdness.
The Assorted Promenades EP was originally planned as a single around a cover of Moby Grape’s I Am Not Willing, but the inspiration of Chris Gunn and his fellow band members was too high to fit the 7″ single format. The Lavender Flu did not want to waste the interesting material their sessions produced, and listening to this EP I fully agree. This is one adventurous, interesting and pleasant trip to faraway places. Buy the 12″ at Mind Meld!
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