The showcase 'Buzzin' Sound' aka #buzz, where I practically stand at the console and play the records suggested by my buddy @[ALFAMA], here proves to have a heart and presents you with another beautiful record.

Violet Woods - Violet Woods (2014)

Some have described their sound as what the Byrds might have sounded like if remixed by Wooden Shjips. However, in my opinion, this definition doesn't entirely fit this band from Cambridge, UK, and particularly their eponymous album 'Violet Woods' released in December 2014. Here, there is a total lack of that heavy-psych and obsessive component typical of Ripley Johnson's sound, in favor of a refined taste that at times is even delicate, reminiscent of a certain psychedelia from the sixties, which at times recalls the early Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett ('Over The Ground', 'Take Your Time'...) or Robyn Hitchcock and passages of neo-psychedelia that have more pop sounds (for example, think of Real Estate). The sound is perfectly convincing, with a strong rhythm section that never strays from its duty, while the typically vintage organ sound and the melody of the guitars, combined with the vocals, create evocative atmospheres and at times a melancholy ('Here', 'Driftwood Royalty'...) that inevitably takes you back to those fleeting moments when you believed you possessed love, before it slipped away through your fingers like the vision of fields of violets from the glass of a window. Only the color remains imprinted in your memory, and you never forget it. That mysterious and elusive color, here it is, it's the sound of this record, electric violet that makes your heart beat.

Violet Woods - "Here" (official video)