Frankie Sunswept & The Silver Moons “Nostalgia” 2025, limited edition “Kaleidoscopic Sunset” vinyl, Romanus Records (sort of).* Dreamy psych garage: think King Gizzard but much lighter and brighter. Like tripping at the beach on a sunny day (vs late, dark nights under starry skies with the Lizard Wizards). Frankie Sunswept has a cazillion releases under various headings: solo under that moniker, under what I think is his real name (Frank Hoier) and then as part of the band Crushed Out, who were active from 2010 until 2018. The Silver Moons is his latest project, a six piece that formed in 2024 in New York. Their what I suppose can be called debut album, Nostalgia, seems to be a mix of previously released Sunswept solo material, including the title track “Nostalgia” originally released in 2019, both “Dream Eyes” (great psych-pop!) and “Melting Summer” from 2020 (1970s tropical/Mediterranean trippy), and “Dog Days” from 2021.  Others seem to be newer material, like “Tears of a Crocodile” and my top pick, “Futureless” which is has a super kicked back cool hypnotic psych vibe.

*The Romanus label does not appear anywhere on the record, cover or lyric insert. However I got the LP directly from the Romanus label so I know they manufactured and distributed it. Not sure why Frankie didn’t include it as the label for this release; his previous solo release Turning from 2021 does sport the Romanus label.