The Bees - Octopus

The most intriguing collective of multi-instrumentalists since The Beta Band first began mixing an unholy array of accompaniment, The Bees (or A Band Of Bees in America) channel some of the same '60s influences on Octopus as on their two previous records, and a few new ones as well. Fortunately, as usual, listeners who couldn't care less about playing a game of spot-the-influence are rewarded just as much as those who do; Octopus presents ten nuggets of effortless throwback pop, laid-back and breezy but tightly melodic. Read More