If you’re up for 35 minutes of ‘60s psych-pop excellence, give the new Vanity Mirror album a spin. Super Fluff Forever follows 2023’s Puff — naturally, I am already curious about the next album’s title.
Anyway, this one’s special. The guitars chime, the keys shimmer, and the percussion offers maximum support with minimal intrusion — yet everything breathes. This isn’t a museum piece pretending it’s 1967 again; it’s sharply written pop music that just happens to love the warmth of old tape and a very specific musical era. It’s not overstudied either — just alive, vibrant, and loose. I wouldn’t call it lo-fi, because it sounds too good for that, but it carries that home-recorded charm. And around every corner, another irresistible melody is waiting to win you over. As do surprising sonic turns.
Jack of All Trades and I Don’t Want to Hold Your Hand are blown-out ‘70s-style rockers that give the album a welcome jolt, but much of Super Fluff Forever feels timeless: The Dooryard Gate echoes The Everly Brothers, while Anna M and White Butterfly sound like lost ‘60s pop classics.
Out now on LP at We Are Busy Bodies.