Natural facts

"The second album from these New Jersey-based Grateful Dead devotees is still indebted to familiar reference points, but finds the band pushing to expand".

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"Garcia Peoples filtered their more obvious influences (Grateful Dead, NRBQ, Little Feat, Phish) through a contemporary indie rock aesthetic that celebrated the present over the past. They accomplish this to an even greater extent on their 2019 follow-up, Natural Facts. An overall harder-edged and less-meandering affair, the sprightly nine-song set veers between moody psychedelia, jangle pop, and something approaching post-punk. With its muscular interlocking riff and pounding, atypical time signature, opener "Feel So Great" sets the tone, evoking bits of noisy '90s power pop and alt-rock. The earthy, Dead-like harmonies of standout "High Noon Violence" are paired with a snaky riff that could have come straight from Television's Marquee Moon. Elsewhere, the overcast melodic pop of "Break Me Down" feels more akin to indie peers like Real Estate or Kurt Vile".

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