Travel with your mind
Fredric A. Cooper | Los Angeles, CA | 12/02/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The Seeds WERE the best psychedelic/garage band of the '60s, and their masterpiece "Future" proves it. Here, the band weaves the sitar, tabla, harpsicord, and even a tuba (!) into their music, and is all the better for it. The opening track with the spoken word intro is a bit hokey, but once past that, the stunning music commences. "Travel with your mind" is a beautiful piece, equalling anything done by groups of the era. The hit-that-got-away, "The Flower Lady and Her Assistant", is an absolutely mesmerising cut, and will haunt you for days afterwards. The melody stays in the brain, a sign of great music. The hit "A Thousand Shadows" was actually a B-side that got airplay; the band's record company was rather clueless at this point when it came to choosing singles, which undoubtedly led to the band's early demise, as did the decision to release the blues album, then credited to The Sky Saxon Blues Band. Something akin to commercial suicide, the band never recovered from this error. Had they been signed to a major label the project would have been nixed."