(2018) Beautify Junkyards - The Invisible World of Beautify Junkyards

Review: 
There’s something unusually special lurking in the opulent psychedelic foliage of this third album from Lisbon’s ; their first for Ghost Box. The band first appeared on Fruits de Mer in 2012 covering Nick Drake’s From The Morning and his lazy riverbank soliloquys could provide one reference point. But so could a surface resemblance to peak Incredibles, Forest or Dr Strangely Strange. Still, these comparsions swiftly become just essences swirling in a cauldron stirred from their own evocative visions, as previously honed on their self-titled debut album and 2015’s celestial The Beast Shouted Love. 
The band’s versatility is demonstrated by the vocal interplay between keyboardist Joao Branco and Rita Vian (occasionally singing in Portuguese) swooping over shimmering backdrops created by Joao Moreira’s mountain stream guitar, Sergue Ra’s earth’s core bass, Antonio Watts’ disparate percussion and Helena’s Espuall’s autumnal cello, enhanced by tropicalia rhythms and the icy strings and flute of a Mellotron on Ghost Dance and others. 
Tracks like the sinister The Masque Of The Hidden Garden, spoken word tapestry Half Marble and cello-coated instrumental Golden Apples Of The Sun reinforce this beautifully-packaged helping of 21st century acid-folk at its headiest. 

Tracklist: 
01. Ghost Dance (4:36) 
02. Sybil´s Dream (3:29) 
03. Prism (4:11) 
04. Half Marble (3:55) 
05. Golden Apples Of The Sun (4:04) 
06. Echo Chamber (1:16) 
07. Manhã Tropical (1:11) 
08. Aquarius (3:39) 
09. Shelter (4:21) 
10. Cabeça-Flor (3:31) 
11. Claridade (3:28) 
12. Sorceress (2:46) 
13. The Masque Of The Hidden Garden (4:04) 
14. May Day Eve (3:37) 
15. Trackways (1:40) 

Summary: 
Country: Portugal 
Genre: Psychedelic Folk