TCCDM Pulls One Out..."The United States Of America" (1968)
"The United States Of America" - The United States Of America (1968) This was The United States Of America's only album and it is a tasty slice of some West Coast psych. There is a lot of fascinating Joe Byrd electronic trickery and experimental knob-twisting on display and though there is not one single guitar on the album, this self-titled offering has its rock hard moments. I'm a guitar man at heart, but I swear, I never missed them. The album also has plenty of floaty, mind-stealing moments as well, and yet never loses its pop-sense direction. It's a headphone smile-generator. The vocals from Dorothy Moskowitz are a killer fit for what TUSoA was doing. What a surprise! She's a lost gem herself. TUSOA was a talented five-member band, but it's the way Joe Byrd fills in spaces and dots the i's that coat everything with Lysergic dust. "TUSoA" can be found on many essential psych lists and was one of those albums I wanted