Description
The Fallen Angels – It’s A Long Way Down – Vinyl Record
Released in 1968, It’s a Long Way Down is the second and final studio album by The Fallen Angels, a Washington, D.C.-based band known for their psychedelic rock and baroque pop sensibilities. Compared to their self-titled debut from 1967, which leaned more toward garage rock and folk-tinged psychedelia, It’s a Long Way Down takes a darker, more introspective turn, embracing moody orchestrations, melancholic themes, and surreal, dreamlike production. The result is an album that captures the late ’60s psychedelic era’s shift toward more sophisticated and somber songwriting, making it a cult favorite among fans of obscure psych, acid folk, and chamber pop.
Musically, It’s a Long Way Down blends orchestral arrangements, eerie harmonies, and delicate acoustic passages with trippy, occasionally disorienting production techniques. Songs like “Poor Old Man” and “A Horn Playing on My Thin Wall” showcase the band’s baroque flourishes and intricate vocal layering, reminiscent of The Zombies’ Odessey and Oracle or Love’s Forever Changes. Meanwhile, tracks such as “Something New You Can Hide In” and “Silent Garden” incorporate folk influences, blending wistful acoustic melodies with haunting lyricism. The album’s title track, “It’s a Long Way Down,” is a spaced-out, reverb-drenched descent into existential melancholy, while “Look to the Sun” offers a fleeting moment of brightness with its warm, jangly instrumentation. Throughout the record, there is a sense of melancholy and disillusionment, reflecting the end of the psychedelic era’s utopian optimism.
While It’s a Long Way Down failed to gain commercial success upon release, it has since been rediscovered as a lost gem of late-’60s psychedelia, praised for its elegant songwriting, lush yet eerie production, and introspective mood. Fans of The Left Banke, The Millennium, and early Pink Floyd will find much to admire in its delicate mix of folk, chamber pop, and mind-expanding psychedelia. Today, the album stands as a cult classic, representing a time when psychedelic rock began to evolve into more intricate and emotionally complex territory.
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Track Listing
Poor Old Man
A Horn Playing On My Thin Wall
Something New You Can Hide In
Tell You A Story
Silent Garden
Look To The Sun
One Of The Few Ones Left
I Really Love My Mother
Look At The Wind
Didn’t I
It’s A Long Way Down
I’ll Drive You From My Mind
