Grave Flowers Bongo Band “Strength of Spring” 2021. Castle Face Records, green swirled vinyl. Produced by Ty Segall, Strength of Spring is the L.A.-based psych-rockers second album. It’s a swirling mix of acoustic and electric guitar (courtesy of Gabe Flores, also of Hooveriii), hypnotic rhythms (Owen Barrett, also in Hooveriii) plus some pedal steel (Olaf Selland). Ty Segall’s touch definitely shines through in the best way: tracks like “Animal Lord” and “VATMM” would be right at home on any of Ty’s multitude of releases. Other top tracks include the sax-forward (played by Flores), the hypnotic “Sleepy Eyes,” “Smile,” and the groovy-bass’d “Outer Bongolia” (lol that song name: their Bandcamp hashtags “weed vehicle” as one possible genre to file the record under).