Litanies monkeytown the album shines brightest when

the album shines brightest when he's orchestrating the arrangements

" the insistent "Something to Sell

No compromises

primarily drawn from Are You Experienced

aesthetic optimism

Litanies monkeytown the album shines brightest whenMany bands in the current San Francisco scene (the Fresh & Onlys, Sonny & the Sunsets, the Sandwitches) seem fixated with the jangly, flower powered melodies of the 1960s. Bay Area trio Royal Baths have an affinity for that decade, too only a different, darker part of it. Their 2010 debut full length, Litanies, draws from the noisier, more freaked out side of early garage rock. It also takes cues from Neil Young's lightning struck guitar sermons and