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Morning Becomes Eclectic

MBE Apr. 14: Sugar Candy Mountain’s beachy psychedelia and Magnus Ferrell’s dreamy jazz

Novena Carmel
Novena Carmel
Hand-Picked Music Indie / AltSoul / Funk
If Brian Wilson had dropped acid on the beach in Brazil and decided to record an album with Os Mutantes and The Flaming Lips, you’d get Oakland-based band Sugar Candy Mountain. Do you agree?
If Brian Wilson had dropped acid on the beach in Brazil and decided to record an album with Os Mutantes and The Flaming Lips, you’d get Oakland-based band Sugar Candy Mountain. Do you agree?
Apr 14, 2022

If Brian Wilson had dropped acid on the beach in Brazil and decided to record an album with Os Mutantes and The Flaming Lips, you’d get Oakland-based band Sugar Candy Mountain. Do you agree? Have a listen to their psychedelic pop wall-of sound and beach balladry for yourself.

Plus, we shine the Young Creators Project spotlight on 18-year-old Magnus Ferrell, who’s giving us some dreamy Chet Baker vibes with an alt-R&B edge.

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    Anthony Valadez

    co-host of KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic

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    Novena Carmel

    Host of Morning Becomes Eclectic, co-host of Lost Notes

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    Ariana Morgenstern

    Executive Producer, Music Department & Today's Top Tune

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