Fresh and local

RE/GEN GEN II

The best thing about the relentlessly goddamn great GEN II is the way RE/GEN sounds like it has zero use for pop music as it exists in 2017. Or, for that matter, any year that came after America turned on, tuned in, and dropped the fuck out in the acid-fried era of classic ’60s psychedelia. The four-song EP gets off to a paisley-perfect start with the easygoing “Melt”, where vocals and guitars are lightly bathed in reverb and the keys come straight from the rabbit hole. Consider the propulsive “Human” a perfect lead-off for that Levitation Fest road-trip tape, while “Feelin” is all celestial gorgeousness until the lethal shot of distortion at the 2:10 mark. If you need something to tide you over until the Black Angels hit town, consider this the pure stuff.