Beach Boys (1971) Feel Flows - LOST 70s GEMS

Draped in backwards echo this is based around a plodding sunshine pop electric piano beat with a lot of tambourines, mountainous flute and even an over driven late 60s guitar solo. This could be form the 60s if it's tight, incredibly engaging pop structure labelled it with the 70s , mainly the central floaty sounding vocals and the occasional Sci-Fi synthesizer instrumentation. Possibly the best of the Beach Boys' experimental tracks, definitely the best written with its ascending melody delivered note perfectly by Carl Wilson as he steamy eyed recounts beautiful visions of 'Unfolding enveloping missiles of soul' and 'Unbending never ending tablets of time' or 'Encasing all embracing wreath of repose'. The ascending melody of Carl Wilson as he describes colourful images is breathtakingly beatlesque in its timeless catchiness and effortless romanticism. The Beach Boys psychedelic past made them ideal for the poppier side of the Progressive genre, I imagine they could'very morphed into an American 10cc. Sadly they never truly embraces their genre or merged it with their own style.