Dirty Sound Magnet

Dirty Sound Magnet is a Swiss trio whose music comes across as an amalgamation of the classic psychedelic and progressive rock of the '70s. Their psychedelic has a slightly lighter and playful strand as well, in addition to the more conventional, head-tripping, improvisational extravaganza that is perhaps more common in the genre. They are quite effective in both modes, partly due to their high level musicianship, and partly because of the joyfully uninhibited, melodically rich nature of their songs. These qualities carry over to their use of prog as well, where they stick to the vintage early '70s sound blurring the lines roughly in a similar way Pink Floyd did early on, or bands like Spirit, or some of the early work of the Canterbury scene bands.