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The Davey Parker Radio Sound – In A Land Of Wolves And Thieves

THE DAVEY PARKER RADIO SOUND play the Hideout Friday (June 17), midnight, as part of NXNE. See listing Rating: NNN


If you’ve spent time around Toronto’s basement/dive-bar psych scene, chances are you’ve come in contact with the Davey Parker Radio Sound. The four-piece’s debut LP hits with a swagger as suited to the Silver Dollar as to a 1960s garage, and aligns the band with a healthy-sized pocket of local nostalgists.

Sticking closely to the revival template, the album also cycles through a number of styles and tempos: driving Dylan?esque garage on Trains Are Never Easy On The Run, harmony-laden sunshine-pop on Downtown Night Owl, slow Southern blues on Houston. The band’s adept at all of them.

Dual guitar/vocalists Graeme Jones and Jason Fitzpatrick display limited range but make the most of it by alternating and interlocking impressive psychedelic riffs with catchy vocal hooks. Nothing groundbreaking, but an ideal companion to a good ?old-fashioned night out.

Top track: I Tasted Your Love

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