Quaint Delusions craft a melodic, fervent mix of rock and folks throughout their new album Something Actual?. Comprising veteran musicians from the Tampa Bay scene, the band excel throughout a myriad of successes — from the twangy rollicking attraction of “Anti-Lover” to the trendy string-laden folk-rock inside “Killing What I Can’t Even See.” High quality songwriting melds with stellar musicianship — and significantly glorious makes use of of lap metal and strings — to lead to an album with a wide range of replay-inducing successes.
Within the enjoyably hypnotic realm, “Lite Brite Sky” beckons to “sleep tight underneath lite brite sky,” as playful organs and twangy guitar infusions mix seamlessly. One other spotlight arises in “In The Morning,” the place ear-catching vocal harmonizing and jangling guitars conjure a sound fondly harking back to Neil Younger and Loopy Horse. A heavier, gritter rock enjoyment takes maintain on “Postal Blowfish,” the place pulsating guitars and “present me what I missed,” vocal declarations infuse with infectious pull. “Something Actual” concludes the album in riveting kind, constructing from mellow keys into heartfelt string infusions. Something Actual? is a persistently partaking success from Quaint Delusions.