The Raindear Army were a band from Springfield, Illinois who released only this one 45 (on Ledger Records of Peoria) before breaking up. 'Subterranean Sunset' is a beast, with fuzz chords right up front and haunting organ in the background. Great snotty vocals followed by the expected amped up guitar solo. Then the slayer here is the introduction of flute towards the end, something right out of the 1973 Italian prog playbook. This is my kind of freaky underground psych. This track was appropriately anthologized on the Illinois Psychedelic States release. The flip is a fast paced garage rocker with similar vocals, but with (way) toned down guitars, and what sounds like a kazoo (?!) solo. Not bad on the whole - but it's the a) side that's killer here.
12/20/20 (first listen / review / new entry)
