POPULATION II - Maintenant Jamais LP (colour vinyl)

Limited edition of 300 copies on yellow colour vinyl. Black wax also available.

Highly recommended.

Long time store followers that are fond of the more psychedelic side of things are hopefully already aware of Montreal's wonderful POPULATION II.

Back when we were Castle Face's Australian distributor we sold hundreds of the Syd-era Pink Floyd-ish 'À la Ô Terre' (we have one, long out-of-print deluxe colour edition in stock!) and it's follow-up, 'Électrons libres du québec' (also in stock).

Their latest album adds some art-pop elements that keep the songs relatively on track. Even when they sound like the kind of dime-a-dozen post-Tame Impala imitation (like on "Mariano (Jamais je ne t’oublierai)") there's something there that helps them from disappearing into mediocrity. Maybe it's the Black Moth Super Rainbow synths that pop up here and there, maybe it's the Stereolab vibes that permeate throughout. Or it could be the guitars that cut through any time it threatens to get overly monotonous...?