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Doggie Paddlin' Thru The Cosmic Consciousness

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Doggie Paddlin' Thru The Cosmic Consciousness --- 2024-05-31

The 9th full length album from Psychic Temple picks up where 2023’s far out A Universe Regards Itself left off. The waves that closed that collaboration with synthesist Lisa Bella Donna are back, washing over the protagonist as he considers mortality and bliss over Mike Baggetta's languid electric sitar on the opening title track: “Just a leaf in the wind/getting blown off again/out of view.” From there, Schlarb and co. settle into his warmest collection of songs yet. Pastoral, spaced out gems, folk ballads, ZZ Top robo-choogle, fuzzed out power pop, E-Street evoking grandeur. Along the way Chris Forsyth's trio with bassist Doug McCombs and drummer Ryan Jewell are fully synthesized into the Psychic Temple for rockers like When The Money Comes In—sprawling lineup aside, Doggie Paddlin’ is a journey that packs double-album ambition into a slim, nine-song package. Thinking of the end, it turns out, loosened the reins. It opened it up.