?Mixing influences like Mazzy Star, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Medicine with their own space pop, the Psychedelphia combo Asteroid No. 4 debuted in 1995 with the CIA Took My Dog Away EP. After three years' worth of extensive touring across the U.S. as well as contributing to several compilations, their first full-length, Introducing...The Asteroid #4, came out in 1998 with the accompaniment of the single 'What a Sorry Way to Go.' After a tour with the Lilys later on that year, their EP The Apple Str...   [ read more ]

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Introducing... may have represented Asteroid No. 4's trip into druggy space rock, but its sophomore release is the band's ode to '60s garage. The 'Psychedelphia' quintet's rock is stripped down from its effects-laden guitars, drawing from the likes of the Kinks, Nick Drake, and the Who. Several tracks, such as the upbeat 'Monday Morning Gloom,' are closer to traditional rock & roll, while 'Poor Man's Falls' avoids electric guitar altogether, opting for flute-assisted folk. Of course, there are still psyche...   [ read more ]

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The Sweetheart of the Rodeo affectations that sank the Asteroid No. 4's last album, 2003's underwhelming alt-country experiment Honeyspot, are happily dispensed with on the far superior An Amazing Dream. In fact, this album is a return of sorts to the tremolo-driven, echoing space rock of the Philadelphia band's debut, Introducing the Asteroid No. 4, leavened with a few of the freakbeat hooks of its follow-up, the Carnaby Street-obsessed King Richard's Collectibles. In fact, with its mixture of lulling psy...   [ read more ]

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