The Quarter After: S/T (2005)

Like Paisley Underground bands such as the Rain Parade and the Things 20 years earlier, L.A.'s Quarter After mine late 60s psychedelia, and quite effectively at that. Their 2005 self-titled debut has all the Byrdsy Rickenbackers and trippy riffs and wah-wah effects you'd hope for, with terrific melodies to boot, making it as much a power pop album as a modern psych reworking, with shades of R.E.M. flitting about as well.

Most of the songs are sweetly melodic, simple enough but for the psych shadi...