Kevin Bronson on December 16th, 2021

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Spaceface makes music that alternately expands the mind and loosens the feet, shifting from rainbow-hued psych-pop to equally kaleidoscopic disco-funk in one deep toke.

The bands members are split between Memphis and Los Angeles — co-founder Jake Ingalls has spent time playing in the Flaming Lips, while Katie Pierce and Matt Strong are members of L.A.’s PIERCED. Eric Martin and Daniel Quinlan, along with a host of guests, round out the lineup of talent on the album “Anemoia,” out Jan. 28.

The project’s second full-length, following 2017’s “Sun Kids,” “Anemoia” has much to offer. You want samples and choir vocals from actual CERN scientists, in a song you can actually dance to? Ride a gamma ray with “Piña Collider.” Want to bliss out with puppets to a song about forgetting people’s names? Watch David Bizarro’s video for “Happens All the Time.” Need something disco-lite and dreamier? The latest single, “Rain Passing Through” with guest vocalist Mikaela Davis, is for you.

If you misplaced your groove during the pandemic, Spaceface’s new album surely has one for you.

Oh, and the band has even released a holiday jingle and gone full-on girl-group in doing so.

||| Watch: The videos for “Rain Passing Through” (feat. Mikaela Davis) and “Happens All the Time”

||| Also: Stream “Long Time” (feat. LABRYS) and “Piña Collider”

||| Live: Spaceface and Reptaliens play the Constellation Room on Feb. 18 (tickets) and the Echo on Feb. 19 (tickets). Tickets on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.