SPIN Review of The 3 Way

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Lilys
The 3 Way

Stoned silly on the fumes of melted-down Kinks and Zombies records, the all-American Lilys have been fusing increasingly ornate orchestration to increasingly peculiar variations on the British Invasion. Leader Kurt Heasley can play it straight, most notably on the waltz-time slow burner "The Spirits Merchant," but he mostly prefers to throw in a screwball chord change every second or two, then dress it up in dry acid-rock guitars, harpsichords, strings, handclaps, and ace three-part harmonies.The result sound like Oldies radio from a distance and abstract art-song up close.

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