THE ORCHIDS - Lyceum (Reissue)

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CD (2025 Reissue)And in the words of Saint Etienne's Bob Stanley (Melody Maker, 1989):“'Lyceum' is a fountainhead of unqualified greatness. It’s a strange, sad sound harking back t o old school tunesmanship – Aztec Camera, ‘Rattlesnakes’, prime-time Felt – but the whole affair is permeated with a resonant, almost tearful quality. ‘Lyceum’ is reminiscent of Galaxie 500’s ‘Today’ in that it sounds like it cost less than a round of drinks to produce. But the lo fi sound merely enhances the misty glazed-pop sound and raises the hallelujah choruses to the forefront. Rather than drowning them in production mush. Don’t pass it by”. Show more