The High Llamas "Gideon Gaye" 1993

Sean O'Hagan has obviously done his Brian Wilson homework, listening to all the albums the Beach Boys recorded between Pet Sounds and Surf's Up......Cheeky references to cuts like "Let's Get Away for a While" and "Surf's Up" pop up from time to time on this lush set, which takes its cues from both Wilson's most melodic and most eccentric qualities (though the ten-minute flute solo on "Track Goes By" does this to excess). It's an impressive outing that sounds like little else in the alternative rock world of the mid-'90s. But it only establishes O'Hagan and his various pals as charming emulators, rather than true innovators. - Review by Richie Unterberger
trax:
01 Giddy Strings 02 The Dutchman 03 Giddy And Gay 04 Easy Rod 05 Checking In, Checking Out 06 The Goat Strings 07 Up In The Hills 08 The Goat Looks On 09 Taog Skool No 10 Little Collie 11 Track Goes By 12 Let's Have Another Look 13 The Goat (Instrumental)