Like his first album Cabinet of Curiosities (2013), Dutch multi-instrumentalist Jacco Gardner brings ‘60s psychedelia into his second and newest album Hyphnophobia, which was released earlier this year. There are definitely elements of The Zombies–one of his self-proclaimed influences–in the songs that reveal themselves through reverb-heavy vocals and song structures that could be mistaken for something out of The Zombies’ 1968 album Odessey and Oracle. But the ‘60s aren’t the only era audible in this album; Gardner’s use of harpischords, Optigans, mellotrons, and an ancient Steinway piano give this album a distinctively Baroque undertone. All in all, Hyphnophobia is nothing short of a vintage-lover’s dream–a modern work of old influences unafraid of twisting time.
Mon., June 29, 8 p.m., 2015
