INSOUND EXCLUSIVE! Tapped as a "band to watch" in 2009 by a growing number of critics and bloggers, San Francisco eight piece Photons has swiftly won over new fans with an energetic, jangly brand of indie pop that features bassoon, glockenspiel, clarinet, and a full chest of bizarre instruments such as the electro-harp, soda-bottle percussion and the bulbul tarang (Indian banjo). While the lush orchestration calls to mind The Arcade Fire and The Decemberists for some listeners, Photons is frequently compar...   [ read more ]

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Philadelphia's Photon Band return with Oh the Sweet, Sweet Changes, their second full length of '67-to-'69-styled mod-psych pop rock. The sound is more mature, harder and perhaps more urban than the Elephant 6 stuff, no bubblegum here, and perhaps the next evolutionary step. Photon Band fans who are fans of The Jam, XTC and The Who will be pleased. The Photons definitely deliver satisfaction in that department, but there's something else at play too, something intriguingly and uniquely Photonesque.

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