Album of the Week: Common Saints – Cinema 3000 (Starsonics)

 

Psychedelic soul sounds from another dimension.

 

 

 

Cinema 3000 is the debut album from Common Saints, the brainchild of Charlie J. Perry, a London, UK-based artist and producer.

 

 

It’s a retro-meets-future tapestry that weaves together 70s mellow folk with 90s trip-hop and a dusting of 21st-century cosmic country.

 

 

Here’s one of my favorite songs from the release, which features Alfie Templeman on drums and guitar.

 

 

Common Saints – “Sweet Surrender”

 

 

 

 

 

Cinema 3000 is out now via Starsonics.

 

 

 

 

Hear it on Spotify here.

 

 

 

 

Check out more of my favorite psychedelic soul releases here

 

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hear more of my favorite tracks from Common Saints here

 

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listen to me talking about “Sweet Surrender” on my WNXP radio show here

 

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listen to the tracks I’m very into right now on my 2024 Essentials playlist here.