With #zot2016, I propose an album that I played to death throughout 2016 and that I recently revisited coinciding with the listening of their latest EP ('High Goodbye') released last June.

Magic Shoppe - Wonderland (Little Cloud Records).

'Wonderland' is an LP by Magic Shoppe, a neo-psychedelic band from Boston, Massachusetts. The band's second LP is the one that truly establishes their presence in the neo-psych scene alongside bands like Black Market Karma, Rancho Relaxo, Dead Vibrations, The Orange Revival, Magic Castles, The Third Sound. It features eight songs that are practically eight pieces of garage psychedelia with enveloping guitar riffs perfectly in the style of Warlocks and nods to the early Brian Jonestown Massacre. I'm particularly fond of the use of echoes and reverbs, along with the minimal arrangements that give each track a striking effect. It's very nice because it doesn't shoot too high and maintains a consistently high intensity from start to finish.

Magic Shoppe - Blowup