Following in the wake of baroque chart
toppers by the Zombies, Beatles, and
the Left Banke, a dandier approach to
garage rock flowered in the back half of
the '60s. Awash in majestic harpsichords,
lilting guitars, melancholic organs, and
middle school orchestras, Soft Summer
Breezes captures the decade's last gasps of
optimism via 16 gentle moments of soft
psychedelia.
