专辑简介

Starting with 1996's 747 (Don't Worry) on Darla Records, Philadelphia's Photon Band unleashed a flurry of unique psychedelia-tinged mod noise rock onto the music scene. Led by ex-Lilys member Art DiFuria and backed by drummer Simon Nagle and bassists Gary Plowman and Jeff Tanner, the band wasn't heard from again until 1999's All Young in the Soul. 2000's Oh the Sweet, Sweet Changes found the band embracing a moodier, White Album era approach. Also in 2000, the band released Our Own ESP Driven Scene Singles, an hour's worth of singles, compilation tracks, and outtakes from 1995 through 2000, as the band proved how productive an outfit it was. The disc showed different sides to the band, including wildly experimental tracks. Soon after, the limited-edition Alone on the Moon featured three sleepy sun-drenched "cosmic American" songs. In 2002, the band unveiled the Bowie, Barrett, T-Rex tour-de-force, It's a Lonely Planet, again on Darla Records. Six years later, the group released Back Down to Earth on Empyrean Records, an excursion into Hendrix's turf and a return to their mod-soul roots. The move to Nod and Smile Records has witnessed the release of their most diverse offerings, Pure Photonic Matter (volume 1) sees the band moving from MC5 and even Sabbath inspired heaviness to Acid Mothers style guitar freakouts. Songs of Rapture and Hatred sounds like Ditch Trilogy era Neil Young teamed up with Syd Barrett after an evening of honey slides, with Gram Parsons and Mike Nesmith assisting at songwriting.