entertainmentmanchester.com loves the Singleman Affair..

If ever there was an album to be listened to sitting under a tree on a hazy summer afternoon, then surely this is it. The Singleman Affair is Dan Schneider, and he has created a collection of songs so laidback and trippy that they should probably get arrested for smoking something illegal. Clearly influenced by 60s psychedelia, it starts off with Is Madras Morning Is, which has the kind of nonsensical title you’d have expected to find attached to a Love (RIP Arthur Lee) song, as well as a hefty dose of sitar amongst the instrumentation. It’s very quiet and reflective-sounding, but if you were expecting Dragonflies To Find to be any more raucous, you’d be disappointed, with Schneider’s Scott Walkeresque vocals barely rising above the mellow acoustic music.

Let’s Kill The Summer never gets much above a whisper, even on the comparatively ‘rocking’ Baby You’ve Been On My Mind. This means that it’s very much an album that won’t have mass appeal, and even the most die-hard fan of psychedelic music will struggle to get through the overlong 52 minute run-time very often, but it is still much more than just background music and makes for a very rewarding listen. If we ever get any more sunny days, you’ll find me in a field somewhere with my eyes closed, listening to this. And hopefully not literally Killing The Summer…

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