This came out in 2004 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
“What is happening here?” ask psychedelic rockers The Intended 75 seconds into their debut album — coincidentally, right about the time I was asking the very same thing. And I doubt I’m alone.
After all, how many folks would have guessed that an album featuring all four Sadies and one member of Blue Rodeo — singer-guitarist Greg Keelor — would sound like an acid flashback from The Summer of Love? That result, one suspects, is due to the influence of the sixth member of The Unitended: Guitarist Rick White of Eric’s Trip and Elevator fame. Back in 2002, he wooed Sadies axeman Dallas Good to his side; now, he’s invited the rest of the gang to the party. Together, they find a perfect meeting point between the Goods’ twangy guitars, Keelor’s rootsy jangle and White’s lo-fi experimentalism and lysergic ’60s trippiness. And together, they produce 11 transfixing, time-travelling tracks whose whispery spiderweb vocals, spooky organ drones and reverb-soaked ambience sound like The Electric Prunes trying to imitate Pink Floyd after listening to Their Satanic Majesty’s Request. No wonder people wonder what’s the hell is happening here.
