2 great ‘Minds’ for Hudson music lovers | Testa

Hoboken’s The Special Pillow has been entertaining listeners with its psychedelic pop for over 20 years, but the group’s new six-song EP, “Mind Wipe,” reaffirms an old truism: Good taste is timeless. Yo La Tengo knew that when they covered The Special Pillow’s “Automatic Doom” in 2015. The ‘60s-centric Shindig! Magazine found the group’s music “fluttering like a butterfly on a summer’s breeze … a surreal pop groove that’s sure to lengthen that illegal smile you’ve been unsuccessfully stifling throughout.” The Vinyl District’s reviewer dubbed The Special Pillow “unabashedly melodic, often dow…

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