This was another band that became apparent to me after attaining a compilation album many years ago. For the life of me I can't remember which one but I'm sure it's still in somebody or another's garage somewhere, maybe back in Blighty. After having searched for the best part of fifteen years for a decent copy of the album "Kip Of The Serenes" by the band Dr. Strangely Strange, I was more than happy to settle on a c.d. copy when they finally got round to re-issuing it. The band reminded me of The Incredible String Band as featured in the last two posts, but these similarities turned out to be only in passing. The album as a whole hasn't yet worked any particular magic on me although it certainly is a very unique and strange curiosity, but then I haven't given it that much time as yet. This song, "Strangely Strange But Oddly Normal", is an absolute joy though, and was the song that drew my attention to them all those years back. It oozes good vibes and does so simply with undertones of a psychedelic nature (during the bridge for example). This is one to listen to when you need a little perk in life and remember that everything's probably not as bad as you think it is.
