LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

180g vinyl

Label: MAINSTREAM"

Lacewing have a really lovely sound that somewhat fits their name - an approach to psyche that's partially informed by folk, and which comes across with a bit more sensitivity than some of their contemporaries! The guitar parts are strong, but also have a lightness too, not as fuzzy or freaky as you might expect from Mainstream Records at the time, and further warmed up a bit with vocals from female singer Mary Sterpka. There's a bit of organ on the record, which occasionally has an equally light feel and in a way, Lacewing come across sounding like one of those great lost Marin County groups of the late 60s who were eclipsed by some of the bigger acts of the time.. kind of a Bay Area-rural sound, if that makes any sense.

Track Listing:

• A1 Paradox 3:47
• A2 Crystal Myth 4:08
• A3 Our World (It Can Happen) 3:30
• A4 Time To Go 3:15

The Storm (7:05)

• B1a Epicycle
• B1b Rebirth
• B2 I'll Play For You 4:15
• B3 Galvenized Midget 6:32