The Open Window

Luminous, elegant and often sensationally lovely psych pop confections that owe a substantial debt to Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks courtesy of what is, without a doubt, the least hip looking psych band that has ever existed. This features a pre-P.D.Q. Bach Peter Schickele. To quote the cover: The Open Window has been described by reviewers as a chamber-rock-jazz trio, a pop-classical ensemble and a folk rock raga group, and all the names fit, except that they leave out the honky-tonk piano rolls and the Russian chants.