Asteroid 4

Tones Of The Sparrow

Label: Club Ac30

Genre: Rock / Pop

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Stalwarts of the modern 'psych' scene, California-based psychedelic-rock legends The Asteroid No.4 release new album Tones of the Sparrow via Club AC30. Heavily inspired by the UK shoegaze scene including My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Ride and early Verve, the band takes its name from Vesta, the brightest asteroid in our solar system, and a nod to psychedelic space rock band Spacemen 3.

The Asteroid No.4 have never shied away from wearing their influences squarely on their sleeves but with Tones of the Sparrow, the band edge towards the more psychedelic side of the genre. "It's all guitar rock and more specifically, it's all psychedelic rock, and we have a tendency to move around within that. At the end of the day, we just write a batch of songs and depending on where we are in our heads, lives, etc., sometimes they vary greatly and other times there is a much stronger cohesiveness among them."

Elsewhere, there's a dark, intense aesthetic to the melancholic 'Chameleon' while 'Not Your Enemy' and 'Castle' meld '60s psychedelia and catchy dreampop before the deeply melodic

'Somewhere in the Middle' and ethereal 'Transmission' close an impressive collection of songs from one of the psych scenes' best loved bands.