Cellophane Symphony

Cellophane Symphony represents the moment where the bubblegum pop of the mid-sixties dissolved into the lysergic studio experiments of the decade's end. It is an album that feels both artificial and deeply organic, like a plastic forest glowing under a blacklight. The songs are anchored by Tommy James's melodic sensibility, but they are frequently swallowed by swirling Leslie speakers, heavy tremolo, and the then-revolutionary sounds of the Moog synthesizer. It is a record that sounds like it was recorded in a room filled with smoke and expensive, blinking machinery.

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