Hailing from Chicago, Food's only release Forever is a Dream is a really odd little album. At times it's spaced out pop psych, at others it's heavy psychedelic, while they also seem to have just left the garage. It's orchestrated, but not saccharine. The vocals are drifty and airy. I could swear I hear mellotron too, though it could just be real strings. It's also a long album for its type. I would get up to flip the record, only to realize there were two more songs on each side to go! I'd heard this album before, but in the wrong contextual mood. This is a good one for solitude late night quiet listening. Mrs. UMR would refer to this situation as "lonelytude". With that in mind, my rating went up +2.
Ownership: LP: 1969 Capitol. Single sleeve. Recent acquisition from JL. Very rare in its original state. Forever is a Dream did get reissued (appears legit) from a label in Australia called Ascension in 2000.
10/28/22 (new entry)
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