Richard In Your Mind

Overview

In a similar way to when Money Mark sang "I've got my hand in your head" in the Grand Royal-pop-collage-drenched-'90s, the name Richard In Your Mind is comforting not creepy. Trippy not trespass...ery. Not only taking over your noggin', they're currently taking over the country. They've been around a while now, floating along on a patchouli cloud that's suddenly gathered some rolling thunder with their second album, My Volcano. With a desert island cover by Greedy Hen, it's a little package of pop bliss-out. Bird calls, monkey screams, tribal beats and hip hop flickers make for a fun, frenzied listen.

El Tropo jams aside, it's hard not to crush out a little bit on a band who promote their album by placing little, handmade paper-mache volcanoes on a few lucky street poles around Darlinghurst. Out on supercool local label Rice is Nice, My Volcano was recently FBi's Album of the Week and looks set to be the next Eyjafjallajokull, if a little easier to pronounce. Go see them erupt (sorry) the record at a lava-in (not sorry) at Oxford Art Factory this Saturday.