Kevin Bronson on August 31st, 2009

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The Highland Park assemblage known as Seasons are a glorious mess. The seven- or (sometimes) eight-piece makes lovingly off-kilter neo-psychedelia full of palpable energy and exposed nerves, startlingly pretty one moment and earplug-worthy cacophonous the next. Their new “Summer” EP, recorded with Timothy James (the Movies), arrives just in the time for the end of the, er, season; its rough-edged charm sounds as if comes from another era. When I heard Seasons perform “The Weight” a couple of months ago at Bordello, it was love at first roar.

||| Download: “The Weight”

||| Live: Seasons perform Sept. 18 at the Highland Park American Legion Hall and Sept. 30 at the Silverlake Lounge.