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Starlight Mints have traced a
breadcrumb trail straight through our collective unconscious to
reveal that perhaps all of the classic pop radio songs of previous
generations have now become part of our genetic make-up.
As a result, the norman, ok, quintet seems to suggest that we've
all been sharing the same dream and the soundtrack is the dream
that stuff was made of.
Just as any new generation shows signs of mutation, Starlight Mints
are bred from such disparate progenitors as british invasion spunk,
bubble-gum pop, latin american psychedelia and late 20th century
alternative rock. Like any dream, it somehow all makes perfect sense.
Begun as a seven-piece moody pop orchestra -- complete with string
section -- the group has since solidified into a five-piece that
exudes the gliding, mutant grandeur heard on its debut album. Guitarist/vocalist
and principal songwriter, Allan Vest
contends that his surrealist songs are borne of a need to "find
the melody with the odd note." Like David
Bowie leading the latin american psych-pop legends
Os Mutantes, or Lee Hazlewood
fronting the Kinks, Vest and company
sound like the unsung heroes of our subconscious record collection
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