The first new full-length CD of the Green Pajamas' 60s influenced psych-pop since Green Monkey/Bomp released the truly excellent "Ghost of Love" in 1990. Main songwriter Jeff Kelly has always been one of the US’s finest practitioners of the psychedelic pop song, and over the last few years his songwriting has reached dazzling maturity and depth, as showcased in his most recent solo album "Ash Wednesday Rain". Believing that "Ghosts of Love" was the Green Pajamas "Rubber Soul" and that Kelly and Co still had a "Revolver" in them waiting to be drawn out, Camera Obscura approached Green Pajamas to coax them out of their semi-retirement. The result is "Strung Behind the Sun".

Over the course of 15 songs, the Pajamas stage the biggest comeback since Lazarus, and show why no-one can touch them in their chosen genre. "Strung Behind the Sun" is a dazzling ray fired into the prism of psychedelia refracting off in all directions. Lyrically, it is a winter record, and one imagines long creative afternoons spent in Seattle coffeehouses under siege from the rain. The listener is treated to songs about snow and Madonna complexes, family and strangers, love and loss. Standout Kelly’s tracks "The Brain I Realize" updating "I am the Walrus" and "Tumbledown Tess", written in the wake of his father’s death. Other band members also contribute in fine style, Joe Ross’s "anthemic "Graduation Day", and Eric Lichter’s "Scarlet Day" which climaxes the album.

What the press said about "Strung Behind the Sun":

"After the Wellwater Conspiracy album, this is 1997's best example of 60s pop-psych worship. Lushly produced and well-crafted, "Strung Behind the Sun" should hook fans of The Beatles ca. 1967 and The Left Banke". Alternative Press 113

"Strung Behind The Sun' is though an album of...breadth and visionary beauty...a perfect amalgam of all the best elements of Green Pajamas' music, and to a few of us at least the band have no equal. By that measure this album is a masterpiece."
Ptolemaic Terrascope 24

"A fine collection of Brit-inspired psych from a band who've honed the style to a fine point. Beautifully recorded and particularly nice with an early evening rainstorm." Popwatch #9

"15 new songs of astonishing Beatles pop-psych and American hippie folk-rock. Jeff Kelly is a talented songwriter and his subtle, moody lyrics are complemented by brilliantly performed instrumentation and mind-bending studio effects."
Crohinga Well #14

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