Chris Forsyth/Garcia Peoples – Peoples Motel Band (Algorithm Free)

Chris Forsyth has made some of my favourite guitar-led albums of the past decade, and teaming up with Garcia Peoples for a live recording was stroke of genius. With GP indebted to the sprawling jams of The Grateful Dead, they were the perfect backing for Forsyth’s epic guitar solos. The highlight has to be the 20-minute version of ‘Dreaming In The Non-Dream’, but the whole album is just astounding.      

Chris Forsyth/Garcia Peoples - The Past Ain't Passed

Garcia Peoples – One Step Behind (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond)

  

The first two albums by Garcia Peoples consisted of short, precise psyche-tinged songs, so it’s something of a surprise to find that their third album has only two tracks, one of which is 31 minute long. The Grateful Dead comparisons come to the fore on this extended piece of space-rock, but it really works and is a triumph. The other, shorter song is great as well, so kudos to them for trying something different.

Garcia Peoples - One Step Behind