In The Pines Release Second Single "Sunbeam Dream" from Their Upcoming LP Sunbeam Dream

Ang kasaysayan ng Rock and Roll ay binubuo ng mga halimbawa ng mga band na ang paghahatid sa kanilang karera ay nagdadalang sa isang radikal na restrukturisasyon ng kanilang koleksyon na buhay. Ito ay nagkakaiba mula sa ang masaya na pagkilos ng The Band's output mula sa Big Pink, sa sinister totalitarianism ng Captain Beefheart at Father Yod. Para sa Cincinnati quintet, ang sound ng kanilang kabuuang, full-length album Sunbeam Dream ay inextricably na-linked sa communal nature ng pag-ibig ng band.

Sa The Pines' central nervous system ay matatagpuan sa The Lodge - isang lumang Masonic templo re-purpose bilang isang multi-use space sa paligid ng dagat mula sa Cincinnati sa Dayton, KY. Ang grupo ay nagtatag ng isang kabuuan ng basement sa ito lumang labyrinth kung saan sila mag-operate at mag-operate Foleytronics - isang boutique vintage pro audio repair store, at isa sa isang pila ng mga parehong-minded mga tindahan sa mundo na maaaring mag-operate sa at pag-repair vintage digital effects. Ang isang natural subproduct ng shop na ito ay ang kanilang studio sa basement ng bandmate Peter, isang room na matatagpuan ng iba't ibang mga vintage effects, tape machine at synthesizers, kung saan sila na-record at bumuo Sunbeam

The recording process allowed In the Pines to obsess over the minutiae for the first time - entire days spent on finding the correct acoustic guitar sound only to land on a piece of Scotch tape spread across the strings; hours that would be considered a luxury in other studios focused on trying out various cymbal combinations for a chorus or bridge. Just like they did with their repair shop, the band created a recording space where hyperfocus and attention to detail are not only allowed, but fully embraced.

Ang resulta ng obsesyonal na antas ng kontrol ay In The Pines' most accomplished work to date. Sunbeam Dream takes the band's shoegaze-informed psych rock and raises the bar. Sa isang mas mataas na panatilihin sa mga synths na pumunta mula sa isang textural element sa isang pangunahing character sa sound ng band (courtesy ng isang 1971 resuscitated Mellotron), ang band ay nagtatag ng isang claim sa lineage ng grandness at grit ng mga album tulad ng The Verve's A Northern Soul o The Charlatans (UK) self-titled album kung saan ang produksyon ng parehong mga band ay nagkakaiba sa kanilang creative vision. Sa Sunbeam Dream, lahat ng bagay ay mas lumabas, crisper habang sa parehong oras na lumabas sa isang twilight halo na naglal

More pastoral moods arise in the album’s engaging middle with “Time Shakes” and “Delirium” pushing the band into straight-forward psych territory while maintaining a thick shoegaze crunch. As a statement of purpose, “Hide The Sky” and “Oubliette” speak with the most alacrity. The phrase “the clouds can’t hide the sky from me” seem to come into the world fully formed - these are songs that can be played on acoustic guitars but are at home in a nest of buzzing synths, crashing cymbals and crushing guitars.

The album ends on “All This Noise” - a track that thematically seems to bend itself to the way this album was created. Peace, focus and time-slowing attention as antidotes to the constant swirl of noise that calls us away from the kind of work that we really love - limitations and all. The work - if it can be called work - becomes a dream shot to us directly (PKD style) in the full spectrum light of a sunbeam.