Lab Partners - Review for Daystar:Tidal Wave MagazineDayton, Ohio is not only
“The Birthplace of Aviation,” but also a breeding ground
for some of independent music’s finer bands of the last decade:
Guided By Voices, The Breeders and Brainiac. “Daystar,”
the third offering overall from the locale’s latest outfit, the
Lab Partners, lifts off and travels similar celestial heights once explored
by My Bloody Valentine (albeit more subdued) and currently by Spiritualized
(although slightly more focused) but ultimately wanders out on its own
path of waved-out bittersweet symphonies that combine delectable ‘60s
acoustic-based pop (“Gold” and “Those Things”),
hints of glam (“Magnify”) and trance-inducing overtures
(“Still Shine On,” “Furthest from Love” and
“Almost There”). It will have listeners’ heads
bobbing in the clouds while their feet are firmly planted on the ground.
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