Mystery Lights
Purgatory
The Mystery Lights return with their most ambitious offering to date. With Wayne Gordon back in the producer's chair, the group delivers an eclectic mix of real-deal psychedelia, punk, art rock, and even a splash of country via the Kinks(y) pop earworm 'I'm Sorry I Forgot Your Name.' The psychedelic highlights of the album, 'Purgatory,' 'Cerebral Crack' and 'Can't Sleep Through the Silence,' are dark and trippy, landing somewhere between the guitar-driven, lysergic mayhem of the 13th Floor Elevators and the punked-up, tongue-in-cheek insanity of The Monks. But throughout there's a cohesiveness threaded by the elevated musicianship, earnest lyrics and attention to detail that make for a fiercely raw, yet unabashedly catchy album - dripping with all of the sing along hooks that have made The Mystery Lights one of the most exciting live bands on the scene.