BIRDS OF MAYA - Valdez LP c86 Sun-bleached melodies and soft psychedelia

Sun-bleached melodies and soft psychedelia remain at their core

" with its almost surf-like guitars

1989’s O

shows the most experimental flourish

If there’s an overarching theme to the Raveonettes’ 2016

BIRDS OF MAYA - Valdez LP c86 Sun-bleached melodies and soft psychedelia"it is kinda nuts in hindsight that at their pinnacle, Birds of Maya trucked out to the venerable Black Dirt Studios in upstate NY, recorded a ripper of an album and then just sat on it for the last seven years. Stroke of bad luck for us all it seems. At the time Purling Hiss was leveling up to smoother sounds, Ben was getting in deeper with Watery Love, and I suppose that Spacin was still circlin the atmosphere so there were other interests pulling