Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel

From their beginnings as Mr. Elevator and the Brain Hotel (a Donovan reference), the guitar-less California band later known by just Mr. Elevator delved deeply into the sounds of psychedelia, from the strutting punk of the Doors to the dreamy haze of Pink Floyd to the sunny trippiness of a thousand paisley-clad unknowns. Led by the vision of keyboardist Tomas Dolas, their first two records explored the light and breezy side of psychedelia, while 2020's Goodbye, Blue Sky traded stoned smiles for dreamy melancholia and featured more synths than before. The group was formed in ...