NOTE: This LP comes with a coupon for a free MP3 download of the album, including tracks not found on the vinyl. Just go to the URL on the coupon, enter the unique code and download 192kbps MP3s direct from Secretly Canadian's website.

The press release for this album compares Bobb Trimble to Jandek and Daniel Johnston, but I'd have to disagree. While it's true that Trimble is considered an "eccentric outsider," unlike those more (in)famous fellows, Bobb's music could stand on its own without the help of any mystique. This is his (again) crazy rare second LP from 1983, now reissued by Secretly Canadian so that a wider audience can feel the warm fuzz that comes over you the first time you hear Bobb's layered psych-out arrangements and beautiful falsetto. A bit more ambitious than his debut record, Harvest of Dreams finds Trimble awash in flute, harmonica, and plenty of vocal and guitar fx. The music itself is tough to pin down, except to say that whether Bobb's rocking out or folking down, it all feels "psychedelic"... which is to say that it was probably made while on drugs and is best enjoyed that way as well. Tracks to check: "Armour of the Shroud(1)," "Another Lonely Angel(2)," "Selling Me Short While Stringing Me Long(3)," "Paralyzed(4)" and "Premonitions - The Fantasy(5)." 10 tracks on the vinyl; 13 on the digital download.

reviewed by Larri Byrd