Listening to Silver Sunshine is akin to opening a time capsule of 60’s psychedelic pop-rock. From vocals to production to cover art, Silver Sunshine’s debut album gives the impression that these fellows might be a lost act from that time period rather than a modern group merely inspired by it. The Beatles would be the most obvious and possibly dangerous comparison for the sound of Silver Sunshine, but a wide range of influences can be heard throughout the album. The song “Way up in the Big Sky” mimics the distinct style of The Kinks, and I swear “If I had the time” reminds me of Herman’s Hermits (and not in an annoying way). Visual imagery is a unifying lyrical thread woven throughout. Vibrant colors paint songs with healthy applications of silver, and perhaps not surprisingly, crimson. This colorful imagery is layered onto finely crafted rhythms and infectious, vintage hooks. The subject matter may not come off as extremely deep or pointed; if Silver Sunshine has a message I may have missed it. But it is extremely pleasant to listen to. The question ‘is any new ground being broken here’ lingers. Regardless, old ground is being covered well. This trippy homage to music and songwriters past whets the appetite to what the future of Silver Sunshine could offer.