Altered Zones

Another red-eyed Studio One revery from Madison, WI's Peaking Lights, the husband-wife duo of Aaron Coyes and Indra Dunis, formerly of San Francisco's Rahdunes. "Hey Sparrow" opens with the squish of a record player booting up to 33, as though its base synth motif were playing directly from a raspy dub LP. In come some minor key fingerpicking, a few screeching guitar flyaways, and Indra's minimal sing-song vocals, midway between double-dutch chant and teutonic battle cry. Their new 936 LP on Not Not Fun, which also includes "Tiger Eyes" and "All the Sun That Shines", just might be the most deadpan psychedelia to grow up on your playroom floor.  --Emilie Friedlander, Visitation Rites

MP3: Peaking Lights: "Hey Sparrow"

936 LP is out now on Not Not Fun