Scrap the scenesters and turn your wistful eye towards the vignetted images of pretty girls with flowers in their hair, bluebirds and flutes. You're nearly there. The Chemistry Experiment 's "Interstellar Autumn EP" (Fortuna Pop!) is every bit the missing homemade cider from "Scarborough Fair". And did we mention the flutes? The lead track is like a cream cake without the guilt. This is lovely stuff.
The Walker-esque richness in the vocal, and a will to be a little be irreverent. God, I'd love to hear this band have a crack at the Rentaghost theme. However I will have to make do with their cut n' shut job on ‘Forever Autumn' from Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds thing, which bookends their brief take on the Floyd's psych-freak masterpiece. Certainly a change of pace for them, but this appears, if anything, to be a kind of showcase single, as the Pulpish-swoon of ‘You're The Prettiest Thing' from their excellent recent LP comes attached along with a couple of other new tracks that show they are willing to challenge themselves and wrongfoot their listeners, such as with the electronica fillip of ‘Bell & Shoelaces'. An ideal way to find out about a tremendous band. - Skif