Blog: SoundsXP

It's fitting that Sandgate throwbacks The Higher State are signed to Austin, Texas label 13 O'Clock Records, as one of the city's most important musical exports, The 13th Floor Elevators, are a clear influence on their authentically reproduced psych-rock sound. Now on their third album 'Freakout At The Gallery', they've not tired of recreating the sunny, patchouli-scented sounds of the mid 60s west-coast garage scene, and armed with songs of this calibre there's no reason why we should tire of them either. 'You Had It Coming' clearly takes the harmonious jangle of The Byrds and [...]