The Imajinary Friends / Spectrum

Come Out To Play / Interface is a 1999 split release pairing The Imajinary Friends (San Francisco-based band) with Spectrum (the project of English musician Peter Kember, aka Sonic Boom). The record contains five tracks by The Imajinary Friends and two by Spectrum and was released by Space Age Recordings.

Peter Kember is the English musician behind Spectrum and is publicly known as Sonic Boom and for his role in Spacemen 3. Ricky Maymi is publicly known as a member of Brian Jonestown Massacre. The split release was released in April 1999 on Space Age Recordings. The Imajinary Friends' tracks were recorded in San Francisco and around the USA between 1995 and 1996; Spectrum's tracks were recorded at the Cabin Studios in Coventry, UK. The Imajinary Friends lineup on the release included Ricky Maymi, Travis Threlkel, Tim Digulla and Jeremy Davies.

A close reading of the 1999 split release Come Out To Play / Interface, pairing Peter Kember's Spectrum with The Imajinary Friends. The record mixes space-rock, minimalism and noisy psychedelia across five Imajinary Friends tracks and two Spectrum pieces. Recording took place in San Francisco/USA (Imajinary Friends) and Cabin Studios, Coventry (Spectrum).

For:Fans of space rock, experimental and psychedelic music; followers of Peter Kember (Spectrum) and underground 1990s psych/noise scenes.