Lotus Plaza – The Floodlight Collective
March 17th, 2009 Posted in Album reviews
A side project by Deerhunter guitarist Lockett Pundt, Lotus Plaza’s debut bears a marked resemblance to that band at first listen – a lot of shoegazey guitar work and floating, sometimes inaudible vocals – but the sonic textures here are more insistent in their dreaminess (the title track is an Eno-caliber instrumental build-up), the melodies are filled with an unexpected reverence for pop of the 50s and 60s; not necessarily better than Deerhunter, but far more focused.
Grade: 8.5 / 10
Kranky
March 24, 2009