Green Child, The - Look Familiar LP [Upset The Rhythm / Hobbies Galore]

new from MIKEY YOUNG (best known for his guitar work in Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Total Control, and Power Supply, as well as his many mastering projects!) and RAVEN MAHON (Grass Widow). Awesome chameleon pop! Fits great into my recent John Cale / Brian Eno & La Femme obsessions... avant rock rules! Kinda all over the place, and great! Album of the year? 



***The Green Child has grown into four people. Originally the recording project of Raven Mahon (furniture maker and member of Grass Widow, Rocky) and Mikey Young (recording engineer and band member of Total Control, Power Supply (Goner Records) Eddy Current Suppression Ring (Goner Records) and others), The Green Child now boasts Shaun Gionis (of Boomgates ) on drums and Alex Macfarlane (who runs the excellent label Hobbies Galore) on guitar and synths. This invigorated quartet from Naarm/Melbourne began writing the group's third album Looks Familiar in 2023, working up demos in rehearsals, animated by having live drums present in their chameleonic sound. The Green Child still draws heavily on a refined psychedelic pop, with Raven's scenically measured vocal often shadowing the ebb and flow, but the energy of having four people in the room resulted in making the songs more upbeat.