Reviews:
The band bashes, crashes and jangles with the best of ‘em, and Stax has a forceful Jaggeresque yowl. But Red Dissolving Rays of Light works
because of that most basic of reasons: good songs. With strong melodies and well-crafted lyrics, tunes like the folk rocking “A Last Goodbye,” the lush popping
“Summer’s End” and the barnburning “Between Grey Slates” are just cool tracks, nostalgia be damned. The excellent Red Dissolving Rays of Light will be of
interest to anyone who likes catchy, melodic rock & roll, not just 60s revivalists. – THE BIG TAKEOVER
What's great here is that despite Mike Stax's background as rock historian and archivist, this is a real band...not an academic
exercise in reference collage or a nostalgic survey of styles and riffs. In fact, they aren't even retro; this is a set of timeless rock 'n' roll, certainly defined by the
psych-garage-freakbeat guitar tones, but not limited by them... Really strong songwriting (including an ode to their favorite stretch of road in San Diego) makes
me Looney for this record! – ROCTOBER
The third album from San Diego garage-rockers the Loons is their first on L.A.-based cult label Bomp! The title track is a song full of shimmering psychedelic
guitars, swirling over a hypnotic rhythm. Glenn Ross Campbell of the Misunderstood adds his steel guitar to the title track and — to even greater effect —
“Heyday,” where the band slows things down to psychedelic blues. The highlight of the album is “Diamonds, Garbage, and Gold,” with its simple but dynamic
chord progression, foot-to-the-floor beat, and infectious chorus. Unsurprisingly, the band has retained its California psychedelia and British freakbeat ’60s
influences. Yet they manage not to sound revivalist, as the Loons’ strengths are in the quality of musicianship and songwriting — two things that never age. –
THE READER
