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My skepticism about The Polyphonic Spree was completely unmerited. I finally broke down and picked up The Beginning Stages of the Polyphonic Spree the other day, and, good gravy, this is a good record. They do sound quite a bit like The Flaming Lips, but Mercury Rev might be a better point of comparison. Oh, its good. If you like The High Llamas or Lee Hazlewood - or if your handle is Loophole - you should check it out. You won't be disappointed.

Update (4:35PM): In their music rating system the late, lamented Might magazine described their top rating as "this album made me like music again." When I was a young, impressionable kid, I read that as a silly hyperbolic joke, but, boy howdy, this album makes me like music again. Its led me to dig out my old Mercury Rev CDs and jump around my studio apartment. Yeah, I like The Polyphonic Spree.