When the likes of the Zombies, The Left Banke, and a little band called The Beatles arrived on the sixties scene, they left a florid waft in their wake, inspiring a whole new generation to pepper a little psychedelia in with their sound. Soft Summer Breezes, another new gem from the Numero stables, brings together a sweet sixteen tunes from the flower generation, including lesser known acts like The Giant Crab, The Sound Control, Female Species, and The Morning Sun. Who needs rose tinted glasses when you’ve got such soft and soothing sun in your eyes? – Flying Out

Following in the wake of baroque chart toppers by the Zombies, Beatles, and the Left Banke, a dandier approach to garage rock flowered in the back half of the ’60s. Awash in majestic harpsichords, lilting guitars, melancholic organs, and middle school orchestras, Soft Summer Breezes captures the decade’s last gasps of optimism via 16 gentle moments of soft psychedelia.