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Don't Lose Your Mind

by THE BEGINNER'S MYND

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Richard Bone
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Richard Bone Great, authentic late 60's psych-pop sound. The production is stellar, using many of the effects of the era such as inverted reverb on the vocals and a wide stereo field with generous (but not overdone) processing on the guitars. Absolutely the best psych-pop record I have heard in a long time. And....gulp...I was there for the original bands so I know it when I band gets it right. Also, the songs are well written and memorable, as are the vocals. A+
Jordan Sovereign
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Jordan Sovereign Garage psych greatness from this band who are great at creating a mood and keeping at pace with it from start to finish. This guided journey on a musical treasure map will keep you engaged and interested, try on Unity for size. Favorite track: Unity.
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Unity 03:17
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The Next One 02:24
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I Want Truth 03:01
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Out of Tune 05:13
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Days of Joy 03:29
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I Am Done 03:20
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The glorious 2017 debut full-length album from the Beginner's Mynd has arrived! From the fuzzed-out garage title track opener on through to the dreamy, psych-pop album closer 'No Expectations', the Washington D.C.-based trio present 10 new songs that expand upon their bedrock sound of Byrdsian guitar jangle meshed with '60s-style pop-psych and '80s paisley underground moves. Adding more '60s-style garage rock grit and attitude to the proceedings, along with some the best lyrics and songs written yet by the mind behind the Mynd, Dan McNabb, end to end the album delivers an excellent way to kick your summertime music listening into high gear! - 13 O'Clock Records

“Don’t Lose Your Mind” displays the versatility of The Beginner’s Mynd while never wavering far from the band’s psychedelic roots. McNabb’s songwriting abilities and the band’s multi-instrument versatility are constantly on display. One of the strongest debut albums I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing. - It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine

"The guitars, organ notes, every struck drumhead and cymbal crash resounds to cast the listener into their strange envelope-pushing atmospherics. The entire project recalls the exciting, challenging, and intoxicating world of some of those magical records made between 1965 and '69. It's worth noting that The Beginner's Mynd are not some cheap throwback homage with no substance - this contains depth: it's warm, fluent sounds signalling genuine appeal." - Shindig! Magazine

"This is a fantastic album of perfectly crafted late 60s psychedelic songs which is so cohesive and consistent that it elevates itself from mere album to a whole experience in itself!" - Bananas Magazine

"If the mesmerizing lenticular eye cover doesn't get you, the fuzz-and-mellotron-enhanced pop-psych of this DC aggregation will on their first album... this flows enchantingly like a freakbeat flashback fome to life on tracks like the surreal "Out of Tune", the lilting "I Want Truth" and the jangly "Nothing Wrong"." - Ugly Things Magazine

"The band’s warm guitar jangle, dream inducing keyboard play, and tremulous rhythms pay proper homage to Nuggets era psychedelia and pushes that “now sound” into the modern era, a feat seldom seen since the days of the 80s paisley underground." - Psych Out / Nashville Psych Alliance

"“Don’t Lose Your Mind” is simply a stellar step back in time for anyone who treasures a melodically mind-bending, guitar-heavy, hook-driven garage rock sound with a nostalgic nod to 60s drug-pop. Highly Recommended!" - The Quaker Goes Deaf

Best of 2017 Lists:
- Mi Tocadiscos Dual
- Rockcontinuum Radio
- Kosmik Orgon Kanister
- Timemazine
- The Fringe Factory on WFMU
- Whole Lotta Shakin Radio Show
- "Play Me Some of That" Podcast
- Breakfast of Champions on WMBR
- Psych Out on WXNA / Nashville Psych Alliance
- Plástico Elástico
- The Quaker Goes Deaf
- The Mal Thursday Show
- Común sin sentido
- Biff Bang Pow 60s Radio
- Magic Mixture

Best of the 2010s Lists:
- Kosmik Orgon Kanister

credits

released July 28, 2017

All songs by D. McNabb
© 2017 (Mynd Gardens ASCAP 2017)
℗ 2017 13 O'Clock Records

Dan McNabb: Vocals, guitars, keyboards (Mellotron, Farfisa, piano, harpsichord), percussion
Larry Ferguson: Drums
Carrie Fergusion: Keyboards (Farfisa, piano)

Recorded by Dan McNabb at home and Mike Reina at The Brink
Mixed by Mike Reina at The Brink - Mastered by Carl Saff, Saff Mastering

All of the sounds you hear on this record are real, and were recorded and mixed directly to tape.

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THE BEGINNER'S MYND Washington, D.C.

The Beginner’s Mynd is Dan McNabb’s long-distance call to a bygone psychedelic era full of chiming twelve-string guitars, fuzz, farfisas and mellotrons.

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