Allan Crockford: who? Oh yeah, right. If the name does not mean anything, do
not worry, I at first I was unmoved too. Then I made a mental. Thee
Headcoats. The Prisoners. The Solarflares. In short, he spend the past few
decades between the VIP scene Medway British, and it is very relevant. Our
man, for years, was one of the most sought-after session players of a
movement – if you can call it – that was among the cooler ones in the UK.
Then Allan must have tought: “I can write a few pieces too.” So spilling
out of nowhere, a few years ago, The Galileo 7, a personal project of Mr.
Crockford and an album, “Are We Having Fun Yet” to convey an idea later
refined with exciting results in Staring At The Sound, a work just released
that is the object of today’s discussion. In the band of Allan Crockford,
there are pieces of history of Medway Scene, and a sound but, far from
stubbornly refer to the logic of the Council, often squeezes the eye to the
psych pop of the island of forty years ago, shaping along the twelve tracks
on the disc one of the paths more 60s found out in the 2012.

The initial vintage sound proudly Anne Hedonia catapults the listener into
a vinyl shop in Carnaby Street in ’67, and prepares for a journey between
perfumes freakbeat, psychedelic and pop back obsessively. Take More Time
and Leave Me Alone, and tell me if it would be fine frequency modulation
some decades ago. Or The Only One You’re Gonna Hurting (Is You) Not Gonna
Miss You, pure ecstasy analog enhanced by infectious folk melodies, within
a sound not unlike that produced by other great unsung heroes and
contemporaries such as Bronco Bullfrog, Junebug and Electric Marmalade. And
when we remember Crockford and members of the district of origin there is
more to anyone, so she and especially a potential singolone as The Man Who
Was not There, with their manic rhythmic mod, call into question the
mystical revival of bands like Jetset and Squire. The rest completes a
perfect record in its own way, with the bucolic folk of Hiding From The Sun
and the delicious Paradise, which seems to be extracted from a volume in
the case of rubbles series.