Kevin Bronson on September 4th, 2014

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If the name doesn’t give you liftoff, maybe Sex Helicopter’s music will. The Los Angeles quintet – singer-guitarist singer-guitarist Jeremy McLennan, along with Cary Singer, John Rockwell, Marcus Högsta and Mac Sinise – engage in a lot of decade-hopping on their first EP, “Great”, now available as a free download. They’re strongest when they plumb the bent notes and wall of sound of the British shoegazers – anybody enagaging in psychedelic rock should have a song titled “Kaleidoscope,” right? There are some trippy, absent-since-the-’70s indulgences as well, but “Great” seems a good first step for a band seemingly intent on avoiding out-and-out retroism. Tie-dye one on.

||| Stream: “Everything As It Should Be” and “Kaleidoscope”

||| Live: Sex Helicopter celebrates its EP release with a show Saturday at the Bootleg.

Photo by John Duah