California Dream Logicking

Most modern music tagged as psychedelic at best resembles the jittery head spins of two cups of black coffee. With tentative reverb puddles the only nod to tripping, these are tame bands embellishing their dull college rock with download hype. Sun Araw...

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Photo by Erica Ryan Stallones

On Patrol

Heavy Deeds

Vice: Sorry if you’ve dealt with this before: the name?

Cameron:

Sorry to presume you have living parents, but if you do, how do you explain Heavy Deeds or On Patrol to them?

There’s something about Sun Araw that feeds from the early, confused sci-fi-meets-Thatcher developments of UK post post-punk. Any literary influences on the band?

Neuromancer

Invisible Cities

Do you dream often? Listening to the new record, I had the impression that you dream heavy.

Have you spent any time in the deserts of California?

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