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 They're probably pretty tired of the Flaming Lips comparisons, but the members of PHF (Rich Harper, drums, Kevin Henretta, guitars, Greg Kane, bass, keys, and backing vocals, and Matt Linderman, guitars, lead vocals) play a brand of lush and dreamy power pop that's awful close to that of the Lips. Their five song debut EP, Sonic Vacation, is on Squared Circle Records. Like deep REM sleep after a hard, but good day, it's a quiet, but very full and textured soundscape that's full of strange apparitions one moment and blissful calm and quietude the next.  Their official bio may state it best:
Before you lull into sleepland, give a sloosh to Plastics Hi-Fi. Lay all nagoy to the ceiling, glazzies closed and slooshy the sluice of the lovely sounds. The guitars crunch redgold under the bed while the timps roll through the guts and out again crunched like candy thunder. And then, like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now, enter the lilting guitar line or the touchy keyboards and feel the cage of silk round your bed. As the lovely music glides to its glowing close , cry aaaaaah with the bliss of it. Starry and strong, you're now ready to cross the border... Sleep tight, dear listener, sleep tight. Exactly... They've been well-reviewed at home of late. The Chicago Sun-Times says (1/21/00), "For Chicago fans of psychedelic pop, there are only two words they need to know - Plastics Hi-Fi... in the recording studio (either with Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev producer Keith Cleversley, as on the single, or on their own home setup, as on the limited edition album, they are truly the masters of their doamin, veering from lushly orchestrated Pet Sounds pastorales to Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd forays through the depts of inner and outser space." New City (2/3/00) agrees, saying "Of the many, many new records from local bands you'll see, keep a heads-up for the Plastics Hi-Fi Home Brewed, one of the better self-produced records made by a Chicago band. They also appeared recently (2/6/00) on WXRT's local anesthetic. For more information, visit their website: http://www.pg.net/hifi
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