Exclusive video premiere of ‘Tired’ by Sugar Candy Mountain.

LA/Joshua Tree based Sugar Candy Mountain deliver carefully built psychedelic odes in the style of Jacco Gardner and Tame Impala. Their newest album ‘666’ feels like something unearthed from a box of records found in your dad’s garage, glowing wistfully with vintage inspired tones, rambling organs, fuzzed out guitars, shimmering keys and sprawling drums.

<a href="http://sugarcandymountain.bandcamp.com/album/666">666 by Sugar Candy Mountain</a>

Ash Reiter’s woolly voice croons with the icy warmth of Francoise Hardy, while Will Halsey’s tender Lennon-esque vocals uncoil with easy languor. Recorded with Jason Quever of Papercuts, the bands sophomore album sits comfortably between 60’s Laurel Canyon bliss and more modern production of Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips/Tame Impala). ‘666’ is the band’s first record after deciding to retire Ash Reiter’s eponymous solo project to focus solely on Sugar Candy Mountain.

With this shift Ash became more heavily invested in writing for the project. On ‘666’ the band moves away from the grandiose production of their previous album, ‘Mystic Hits’, on which some songs featured over two hundred instrument tracks. The majority of basic tracking was done on Jason Quever’s 16 track Ampex tape machine through a Neve console, and completed at the bands home studio. Under Quever’s guiding hand, production on ‘666’ is significantly simplified, favoring featuring strong melodies over the wildly playful orchestrations of ‘Mystic Hit’s. Quever is also significantly featured on the record as a player, with his influence distinctly coloring the album.

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