If the name the Free Design sounds familiar, but you can’t place why, it’s probably because some of the hippest acts in underground pop—Saint Etienne, the Aluminum Group, High Llamas—are ardent ...
The Now Sound Redesigned, a remix tribute to the Sixties soft-psych group the Free Design, is an opportunity lost. The soft vocal harmonies would seem a lush foil for hip-hop’s hard beats and ...