The Dry Spells

"[Too Soon for Flowers] was my comfort record all year long, over and over again I played this recordThe Dry Spells mix the best of bands like Fairport Convention (my heart and soul is in love with late-'60s and early-'70s British folk music) and elements of a band like Television in the way they play their instruments and solos. And they have stories in their songs."-- -- Bob Boilen, NPR."



"Lush, eerie, dreamy and haunting, gorgeous vocal harmonies, minimal percussion, equal parts seventies British folk and seventies Laurel Canyon pop, woven into a witchy gothic brew that is totally enchanting.The Dry Spells manage to sound so timeless, this record definitely sounds contemporary, but if the lush production was dialed back just a little, this could easily have been some lost seventies psych folk reissue. Absolutely stunning." -- Aquarius Records



"Every element of this record is impressive – the playing first rate, the songs accessible but without cliché, the producing (that’s Tim Green) sharp and clear. You get the sense that all five principals know a good deal about music, not just folk and rock, but classical, madrigal singing, raga and other styles, and have folded all these ideas seamlessly into a cohesive statement." -- Dusted



"FOR THOSE WHO EVEN REMOTELY LIKE EERIE FOLK MUSIC, THIS CD IS AMAZING. This album is a rare piece of gold.Makes me feel like I’m driving a speeding car during the night, through the countryside, during the apocalypse…" -- WRUV



"It feels overly simplistic and reductive to refer to tracks like “Sruti” and “Black Is the Color” as songs, when the word “composition” sounds more appropriatethe band takes folk and rock influences and weaves them into mystic, heady tapestries worthy of such Californian forebears as Fleetwood Mac."…" -- Popmatters



"The loving attention with which the Dry Spells reconfigure traditional folk tunes is something to behold." -- SF Weekly



"Hands-down most gorgeous female vocal harmonies we’ve heard all year." -- IndiePit



"They're witchy, woodsy, folksy, and mysterious.When they manage to pull off this eclectic, earthy sound well, they sound strange and darn near breathtaking." -- allmusic



"With original songs that sound as if they could have been written last month, forty years ago, or adapted from ancient British Isles or early American folk sources, Flowers is compelling in its disconsolate, goth-y otherworldliness. -- East Bay Express



"This debut album shows that the members are strong songwriters, while keeping the audience’s interest in their epic compositions by creating unique sounds with surprising instrumental choices." -- DOA



"Beautifully recorded on tape by the Fucking Champs' Tim Green at his Louder Studios, The Dry Spells echoes with reverb-y lyric guitar, plinging bells, a touch of droning melodica, and baklava-sweet harmonies that evoke the minimal post-punk of Electrelane and the maximal ethno-folk-punk of Camper Van Beethoven." -- San Francisco Bay Guardian



"It’s the kind of music that really gets under your skin; so full of sweet harmonies and intensely layered echoey vocals.The Dry Spells paint truly ethereal dreamscapes with their enigmatic compositions, immersing the listener in a fairytale, an enchanted forest of hypnotic folk music. By the disc’s end, you will be wandering down the path to a happily ever after of your own." -- Wiretap Music



"The Dry Spells were among the more pleasant surprises. With an enchanted drone of melodica, violin, and shuffling percussion, this predominantly female group wove ethereal dreamscapes of soft psychedelia. Singers Tahlia Harbour and April Hayley imbued The Dry Spells with the flickering warmth of their vocal harmonies, while lead guitarist Adria Otte provided playful, shimmering leads on her acoustic electric." -- West Coast Performer Magazine