1967 was a good year for music. The Velvet Underground released their first album, The Beach Boys released Smiley Smile (which Beach Boys fan or not you have to admit had some incredibly unique production, especially for the era), Songs of Leonard Cohen came out… the list goes on. There was at least one gem that slipped under the radar. This slow burner of a track was brought to my attention thanks to Aquarium Drunkard’s excellent Wax Wonders series.

Those haunting vocals and the psych-tinged melody make for a song that may have been a hit had it come out a few years later. I don’t know the full story on this group, only that this was one of two songs they released, so perhaps there were other reasons for their lack of success. Brunswick Records was far from an underdog at the time, releasing music from the likes of Little Richard and Jackie Wilson, but maybe the label wasn’t as invested in this group the way it was those hitmakers. Backstory aside, it’s still a fantastic song. Better late than never, I suppose.