Food, a relatively obscure Chicago group who released their only album, Forever Is a Dream, in 1969, gets the reissue treatment from Fallout; and though the recording qualitys inevitably dated, this QUIET album of soft-edged psychedelic rock offers a varied palate of pleasures. Psychedelia has been played and played out, so its difficult to evaluate this with fresh ears: even so, the smallest of signifiers immediately sets us off a slight wobble at the end of a melody, in the flute or the trumpet. The bending communicates that pastoral melody is imperfect, and its a metaphor that sticks. Just listen to Asteroid #4 and compare. But Forever Is a Dream is inescapably a debut album. What It Seems to Be blossoms into a full-sounding orchestral ballad, shouting out with the kind of abandon you associate with 90s indie. However, Coming Back and a few other tracks have an amateurish air, like the bands searching, not quite reaching, a fully-worked out song. Simplicity still carries the day Lady Miss Ann reminds strongly of Simon & Garfunkel, but then again so does Tobias Freiberg. If they had stuck around, Food may have proven themselves a band worth that cult label.
Forever Is A Dream (Vinyl LP)
Tracklist ▼
- Forever Is A Dream
- Naive Prayers
- No
- Lady Miss Ann
- Foundations Of My Mind
- Coming Back
- What It Seems To Be
- Inside The Mirror
- Marbled Wings
- Traveling Light
- Leaves
- Here We Go Again
Condition
Media: Mint (M)
Sleeve: Mint (M)
Our Grading Standards
We grade all vinyl using the Goldmine standard:
Mint (M): Perfect, unplayed condition.
Near Mint (NM): Nearly perfect with minimal signs of handling.
Very Good Plus (VG+): Shows light signs of play but plays with minimal surface noise. The most common grade for collectable vinyl.
Very Good (VG): Noticeable marks and some surface noise, but still an enjoyable listen.
Good (G): Heavy wear — for collectors only.
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