If you suddenly find yourself in a band called Still Flyin’ and have an album out called “Never Gonna Touch The Ground”, I think it’s time to put away the bong. This San Francisco outfit seems hellbent on jumpstarting the summer and at the beginning of the album it even looks like they might get the job done. Opener “Never Gonna Touch The Ground” starts off weird but ends all sunshiny and the two following cuts (“Following The Itinerary” and “Forever Dudes”) are pleasant enough.
After that the haze of smoke seems to have taken its toll on Sean Rawls and his multi-instrumental multi-vocal troupe and none of the following songs are memorable or even catchy no matter how happy happy joy joy they try to sound. Childish and messy are words that came to mind. They try really hard but never manage to create the same relaxed atmosphere that The Polyphonic Spree or I’m From Barcelona pull out of their hats.
Getting together with all of your friends to play some music has to be a lot of fun but as this album more than adequately proves, it’s not necessarily something worth sharing with the rest of the world.
Score: 4 out of 10
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