Our Land Brains is a warm and inviting record filled with comfortable sounds and friendly melodies. Though
the Beatles and
Beach Boys influences aren't quite as obvious,
Snowglobe shares many psychedelic affinities with the Elephant 6 bands, such as
the Apples in Stereo and especially
Neutral Milk Hotel. The result is a charming and affable listen with swelling thrift-store organs, horns, acoustic guitars, chimes, and even some strings all blending into a pleasing whole. The band's vocals are occasionally a little bit too restrained for their own good, limiting themselves within a specific vocal range. The songs are catchy enough, though, such as Tim Regan's "Dream Works" and Brad Postlethwaite's "Smiles and Frowns."
Our Land Brains doesn't aggressively push in any progressive direction, but that's not really the point. Highly enjoyable. ~ Jesse Jarnow