The Asteroid No. 4: Several Shapes Of Solar Flares (2024)

I'm a huge fan of long-running Bay Area neo-psychedelia revivalists The Asteroid No. 4, whom I raved about a few years ago. But I managed to overlook last year's Several Shapes Of Solar Flares, belatedly picking it up a couple weeks back. So it's a little too late to call it a new (or even new-ish) release, but better late than never.

No real surprises here, just another solid slab of slightly trippy, reverb-drenched voyages into the cosmos, with enough jangly and poppy touchstones to keep it gro...