Mystic Hits - Vinyle Splatter Rouge & Jaune

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Helping to lead a neo-psychedelic pop revival, California's Sugar Candy Mountain emerged in the early 2010s fusing sunny retro sounds with lush, sophisticated songwriting. Ranging from lo-fi experimentation to vibrant Tropicalia, early releases like 2013's Mystic Hits quickly gave way to a brighter, synth-driven brand of psych-pop on 2018's Do Right. Sugar Candy Mountain's evolution continued with their eclectic fifth album, Impression, in 2021. The band began in 2010 as a recording project of Oakland-based musician Will Halsey. From the beginning, his partnership with collaborator Ash Reiter produced a unique sound blending classic '60s West Coast psychedelia with pastoral folk and drawing on pop experimentalists like Brazil's Os Mutantes, the Flaming Lips, and Brian Wilson. The band's eponymous 2011 debut drew heavily from Halsey's early lo-fi recordings. By the time of 2013's Mystic Hits, Sugar Candy Mountain had evolved into a full-fledged band with Halsey and Reiter at the helm. The album also expanded their Brazilian influences and was partially recorded in São Paulo.