Artist: Moby Grape
Album: Moby Grape
Year: 1967
Listening to this album, it's hard to believe Moby Grape didn't become popular, or at least more popular than they were. This San Francisco band had an obvious knack for distilling their influences (psychedelia, country, folk, close harmony) into juicy 3-minute pop songs. "Omaha," "8:05," "Hey Grandma," "Lazy Me," and "Sitting by the Window" are all tunes that could've been popular in an alternate universe.
I don't have too much to say about this one. There's nothing particularly deep nor innovative in this set of songs. It's tough to be the band I heard right after Captain Beefheart. I guess where bands like Country Joe & The Fish were kind of all over the place in their approach to psychedelia, Moby Grape represented a somewhat more accessible version. A shame they never reached stardom.
Rating: Worth a listen
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