I have known Jaire for 20 years and saw some of his bands first live shows in Finland in the early 2000s. It has been a few years since he has produced another album but this is a cool and relaxed spacey trip, with inspiration from Syd Barrett, Robin Hitchcock and outer space beings. Constant Music starts things off with his laid back stoney vocals, guitar but drifts off into psychedelic never never land. Very cool stuff.. Your My Magic is next with a bit more 60s flavour (the guitar). Drop Out has some funny lyrics. There are a lot of interesting lyrics, some are self biographical, it would seem. Stars above You, is a bit more keyboard oriented and also features some guitar solo parts and is more alike a full band piece. Queen of Blue Shadow is more like the earlier dreamy stuff while Once we were Almost Innocent is like garage rock!! How about your Day Today is a really nice track, a bit of spacey Beatles feel to it. I miss you Valerie features a lot of cool and loud synths to give this track a quite different feel. Gamelan Music with Three Empty Beer Cans and other Household Items is a strange short number before the long closing number, Starlight. Great stuff..His good friend Santtu (Astral Magic) plays synths and some backing vocals. This is a limited edition release. I think only 200 vinyls and digital.
https://octopussyng.bandcamp.com/album/smoke-green-mirror
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