Kevin Bronson on March 13th, 2019

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More than five decades past its heyday — and, some would argue, well into its renaissance — psychedelic rock continues to inspire a unique camaraderie among those who make it and those who treasure it. That spirit is evident in Send Medicine’s new video for “Harvest Man,” a track from the last year’s full-length “Mermaids on the Verandah.”

The second album from the L.A.-based sextet, formed around the singer-songwriter and Toronto ex-pat Julian Hacquebard, evokes nostalgia for the Summer of Love — or at least the more optimistic threads of it — and gently pulls that fabric into the current era. The new video embraces a more recent nostalgia, celebrating the three-year history of the band. It’s an upbeat and endearingly goofy home movie-styled documentary that splices together footage from touring, performances and practice, featuring band members past and present. They look every bit the band you’d wanna share a show (and maybe something else) with — mellow fellows who, as the song says, “They share a story / and then off they go.”

||| Watch: The video for “Harvest Man:”

||| Previously: “Corduroy,” “She Believes in the Devil”