Since the breakup of St. Ranger I've been waiting for Jeff Taylor to make his next musical move and it has arrived with Dent. Just this week, Dent released a debut single that owes as much to indie rock as it does to psychedelic pop. I haven't stopped listening to it since its Monday release. Needless to say, Dent has my rapt attention for everything it does from here on out. This is some of the craziest, most experimental fun music that I've heard in a while, it somehow holds up as pop, but it is way out on the fringe, in the best lo-fi way possible. "1996" literally sounds like it came from 1996 -- think Pavement and Sebadoh mixed with Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd. I'm not kidding. The other side of the single is the equally fascinating "Shift," which is psychedelic pop in a Flaming Lips way. This music makes me dizzy and I expect to see trails at any moment. These two songs have made this entire week worth living for; I simply can't get enough of Dent. I want an entire album like this, and I hope the band has it in them.
Michell Hillman, Phoenix New Times
