by Dan Goldin (@post_trash_)
Hailing from Portland, Maine, Jeff Beam has become known as a musical polymath with an ability to transcend genre. On his self-titled album, due out April 17th, there’s enough textures and psych-pop dynamics to make your head spin and lull you to a peaceful slumber. Beam is an expert at gliding between serene folk, slinky disco, and detached indie rock, the combination of fuzz and airy atmosphere leading down the path less traveled. I haven’t been sleeping much, and well, this album is hitting all the right spots to soothe me into a state of comfort and relaxation.
“Think Twice, It’s Not Alright” is the record’s latest single (following “Stephen King”), a breezy yet focused psych-pop song reminiscent of Olivia Tremor Control with a touch of Chris Cohen inspiration. Building from a hypnotic disorientation, the jazzy vocals sit atop a rhythmically driven song, the bass and stuttered drum beat leading the casual groove as it builds toward its eventual resolve. Directed by Jamie Munro, the video features “The Great Merluzzi,” a fraud of an opera singer in a visual metaphor with the song itself that was written as a plead to any Trump supporter to maybe take another look at the presidential fraud.