Another EP here, while I try and finish running through the backlog of music I missed while away from the computer! From Baltimore's Austin Tally, 'Wing Dam' is a five-track set of stunning lo-fi psych-pop, wrapped tight in a comforting blanket that only only bedroom-recorded sound can provide. 'Bloom' opens the EP wonderfully, setting the melancholy mood with its guitars and beat and humble, muffled vocals. Lyrically, Tally writes some fantastic stuff, from the yearning "When I feeling devilish / grow me up a little wish", to the thought-provoking, musing nature of "Darkness is a great bird / I can feel its feathers" on 'Feathers', which you can stream above. Subtle psychedelic embers dance from these easygoing pop numbers every so often, highlighted by the summery instrumentation and grounded by the reality they so eagerly wish to escape. The five songs wander through care-free memories, longing to forget the present and yet somehow accepting it, a tired smile on their faces. 'Mosquitoes', with its memorable melody, and 'Moon', with its relatively clear vocals close thr EP, and you feel all the better for it. It's a free download from the Bandcamp over here, so there's no reason not to give it a whirl! Well done Tally! You've recorded something that lives for the moment, yet for me, might just be timeless...
