Once

The Tyde’s first album boasted several luminaries. Fans of the '90s quartet Further reveled in the return of the band’s founding brothers: Darren and Brent Rademaker. (The latter is from Beachwood Sparks.) Along with Brent, two other members of Beachwood Sparks—Chris Gunst and “Farmer” Dave Scher—help give The Tyde’s debut album, Once, a warm breath of ocean breeze. Add in legendary percussionist John “Twink” Alder (The Pretty Things, The Pink Fairies), and it’s easier to understand why “All My Bastard Children” opens with a lazy, sun-flared psychedelia that smartly contrasts Darren Rademaker’s biting lyrical wit. Here and throughout Once, he exudes a balance of sentiment and sardonicism that could only come from growing up on recordings by Big Star–era Alex Chilton and Felt–era Lawrence Hayward. In the jangly “New Confessions,” he sings about the work and rewards of playing in a band with his ex-girlfriend. He suggests a reboot of the heart to bury past insolences in the Byrdsy “Strangers Again.” “Silver's Okay Michelle” closes with nearly 10 minutes of surfy psych.