The Honey Pot - To the Edge of the World and Beyond (2016)

The Honey Pot are total 60’s lovers, their music being full of flaring psychedelic guitar riffs and the exact kind of vocals that were prominent at that time. Though they come from the West Country, they sound San Francisco through and through. To The Edge Of The World And Beyond is out on Mega Dodo.

The West Country’s The Honey Pot debut their sweet sounds To The Edge Of The World this February via a new partnership between Mega Dodo and Psychedandy Records. One spin through and it’s not surprising that Psychedandy, home of Icarus Peel, is half of the conduit. Sharing much of Peel’s appeal and mission, The Honey Pot are purveyors of psych pop that is a bit folky, a touch groovy and thoroughly English (spare a tuppence for some butterscotch ice cream and curried spam?). Full of ‘black penny grooves’ sprinkled with a dusting of whimsy, The Honey Pot nimbly keep their tunes from becoming treacly, or worse yet, twee. Name-checking a rich history full of the likes of The Hollies, The Kinks, Donovan…you know the candy jar we’re talking about…To The Edge Of The World offers up as diverse a box of goods as you’d expect with that lineage. Vocal duties, split between the sexes, work to serve the songs’ best interests whether it’s more pastoral oriented fare or more outright hazy psych provisions. Though firmly rooted in that era above, The Honey Pot still keep the sound current…and currant. Opting for a lighter, frosted touch that keeps the melody up front rather than drenched in fatty sonics, To The Edge Of The World should please the sweet tooth, as well as leave a little something sticking to the ribs.