The Sufis

The Sufis began their career dedicated to excavating garage rock nuggets and re-creating them in lo-fi, bedroom psych style. After releasing two albums that sounded like a cross between the Byrds, (the original) Nirvana, and the house band on Shindig, the duo added synthesizers, dubby post-chillwave psych, and smooth soft rock textures to their sound on a pair of albums that brought them up to date. The Sufis were formed in Nashville by Calvin Laporte and Evan Smith, and the pair's hooky songcraft and nimble production skills caught the ear of the U.K.-based, Cornershop-run l...