Blake & The Fabulous Fakes is a five-piece band from Toronto, Ontario. Sun & Moon is their twelve-song album that according to the artist “follows the passage of a full day - morning to night. The first five songs are long and joyful filled with peace and love. The last seven songs are short, fast, and dark filled with chaos and fear. The album represents human duality and the behavioral changes some experience in the day verses the night.”
The album is soaked in late ’60s aesthetic. There are songs like “Ghosts” which sound like a B-side from The Doors except with villainous whispers and there are other songs like the opener “Run” which sound more like The Byrds. Anyway you slice this, it is for fans of that era of psychedelic infused counter culture. The songs often seemed to be influenced by a particular artist of the genre. Take for instance the folk inspired “sunshine” which sounds like it could be from the lower east side bohemian scene. It sounds like an opener for Dylan. There are more Eastern influences such as on “Drone” which is the same type of music The Beatles embraced. This song is a meditative soundscape. There’s even some surf in there you can hear on “Go-go.” The darker carousel- sounding “Fun” was a good tune and I really enjoyed the closer “Light” which has some of the best guitar work. This album felt like a history lesson in popular music from the ’60s and early ’70s. In that sense there is cohesion. That being said I never felt like I connected to a singular or signature sound from the artist because of how broad the strokes were. Additionally, the artist doesn't really introduce an X-factor that pushes the songs into new terrain that felt different enough from the artists that influenced this music. Overall, I was impressed by the ambitious concept and I thought there were some well written songs as well. I’m sure fans of the aforementioned artists will appreciate this. Recommended.
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