Here’s one we’ve been looking forward to for a long old while at FC HQ; the return of Sheffield based psych duo THREE THREE FIVES with a new set of beautiful psych pop gems entitled Things Fall Apart. The premise has not changed, the band take the classic pop 1/4 chord change and mix up a hazy cocktail of dark space rock blended with euphoric summer melodies, all underpinned by a Suicide-esque garage simplicity, sometimes electronic, usually motorik, but always rooted in a deep psychedelia. Massively recommended to all fans of Mazzy Star, Lazer Guided Melodies-era Spiritualized and Galaxie 500 amongst others, this is a wonderfully consistent -no filler- full length from a band that doffs its cap to that age old Spacemen 3 mantra of “3 chords good, 2 chords better, 1 chord best”. Things Fall Apart is a follow up to the superb Kind of Surreal LP on Feral Child from 2021, which sold out instantly and amassed glowing reviews in the likes of Shindig! etc and plays on BBC 6 Music. Arguably a little more electronic this record than its predecessor, it perhaps recalling the likes of Ladytron and -during its more instrumental passages- Bitchin Bajas, Spectrum or Stereolab, with kraut flavoured flourishes…. Either way, its ten tracks are a psych / dream pop trove of pop gems and with it being a limited pressing of 150 on vinyl, it’s sure to fly quickly….
