49th PARALLEL - s/t LP rock without ruminating or long periods

without ruminating or long periods of drawn out self-reflection

building harmony of 'The Vineyard'

dripping with rain-soaked moss and lichen

Blessed with one of the all-time greatest rock voices and he puts it to good use

this final genius stroke from these increasingly warped Californian post punk merchants (following my posts of their Happiness And Contempt and Montage Morte EP’s

49th PARALLEL - s/t LP rock without ruminating or long periodsIn the spring of 1969, 49th Parallel had a hit in with Twilight Woman, a lovely song that sounds like a poppier version of what bands like Tomorrow were doing in England. That success led to the release of 49th Parallels only album. All hyperbole aside, it is easily one of the top Canadian rock albums of the psychedelic era. The album is strong throughoutfrom the pulsating psychedelia of Lazerander Filchy and the ultra strange (The) Magician, the