Originally hailing from Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, Gay Neighbors is a four piece psych rock band that now calls Chicago their home. Encountering them for the first time at Reverberation Records (their official venue in Bloomington), I was instantly seduced by their pleasantly dizzying sound, a successful mixture of grunge, psychedelic rock, and shoegaze. As I was rocking back and forth alongside an eager crowd of fans and passers-by, I found myself lost and happily absorbing their music, a place where nostalgia meets […]