2000 Great Songs #1182: Neon Mega Quasi Ultra Super Groovy
I have great love for modern-day purveyors of psychedelic power pop The Pillbugs. The Ohio-based band released a handful of top-notch albums in the 1990s and 2000s, a pastiche of Beatlesque baroque pop that builds on the work of XTC side project The Dukes of Stratosphear and Elephant 6 acts like the Olivia Tremor Control , with maybe a touch of Jellyfish . Sadly, not all their music streams, but but you can find most of it on Bandcamp . "Neon Mega Quasi Ultra Super Groovy," off 2003's The 3-Dimensional In-Popcycle Dream , is a magical sample of their work, lovingly recreating the post-Sgt. Pepper late 60s UK psych-pop scene with some modern flourishes. Swirls of harpsichord and strings and swoony harmonies abound!
