Band: Crystal Circus

Album: In Relation To Our Times

Release: 1968 (2001)

Genre: Psychedelic Rock

Country: US

Quality: FLAC | lossless



Crystal Circus were an American psych-rock band from Los Angeles that test-ran the album In Relation to Our Times on small-press All-American in 1968.

Most of the songs have nice, bouncy tunes with major/minor melodic alternations; pleasing sunshine pop harmonies; and appropriately psychedelic organ, fuzz guitars, trippy orchestration, vocal distortion, and odd effects. The lyrics might be superficially far-out, but again, impressions like those recorded in "Circus and Zoo World" are a good complement for this kind of candy pop-psych. Occasionally, they get into more of a straightforward garage-ish hard rock-soul blend, like on "Never Again," but it's the more ethereal and poppy numbers that stand out.



Tracklist:

1. In Relation (To Our Times) (Bill Holmes, Bob Feldman, Jack Bielan) - 2:21

2. Don't Say I Didn't Warn You (Bill Holmes, Jack Bielan, Rose Kaufman) - 2:33

3. Girl Like You (Greg Munford) - 2:13

4. Sittin' And Thinkin' (Bill Holmes, Gary 'Solo' Solomon, Norma Dunman) - 2:07

5. Twisted Conversation (Greg Munford) - 3:38

6. Merry-Go-Round (Bill Holmes, Gary 'Solo' Solomon, Jack Bielan, Norma Dunman) - 3:26

7. Circus And Zoo World (Bill Holmes, Gary 'Solo' Solomon) - 2:49

8. Never Again (Bill Holmes, Jack Bielan) - 3:15

9. Castles (In The Sand) (Greg Munford) - 2:58

10.Sweet High (Bill Holmes, Norma Dunman) - 2:51

11.The Difference Between Us (Greg Munford) - 2:26

12.The World Of Seas And Rivers (Bill Holmes, Jack Bielan) - 4:31