Shiny Old Soul has taken to the description "cosmic Roots"
given their fusion of a bluesey, roots driven foundation and
an eclectic, unbound catalogue of original songs. Comparisons
range from Van Morrison to the Grateful Dead, the Meters, Pink Floyd and The Decemberists, to broader things like gypsy jazz & vintage rock.
Yeah, they're one of those bands, sounding inevitably
like themselves but with a bizarre tip of the hat to countless
others. But really it's all about the songs. Bank robberies,
pregnant pirates, time travelers, voodoo spells, allegory,
and plain old sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, that conspire to reveal a world of simple feelings in exotic places. A broken heart by any other name.
