Cincinnati-based psych rockers In The Pines have released the second single from their forthcoming album, Sunbeam Dream.
The eponymous single, “Sunbeam Dream,” is described as the album’s “most muscular and hard-driving track,” with intersecting guitar melodies that perfectly complement the driving synths, percussion and bassline — a perfect track for fans of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and Glass Beams.
For the uninitiated, In The Pines is an indie-psych band formed in 2016 by childhood friends Michael Shular and Charlie Horn. The band has released three mesmerizing sonic rides so far — Slow Blink, Impossible Daze and Painting by Numbers — that have helped them earn a loyal following.
In Sunbeam Dream — the band’s fourth full-length effort out Sept. 12 — the synthesizer becomes a main character, rather than an element used to create more texture in their music. The result of this upgrade is felt throughout the two singles off the album released already.
Synths play an important part in the lives of In The Pines’ band members. The band owns and operates Foleytronics, a boutique vintage pro audio repair shop in Dayton, Kentucky. Foley also has a basement — which doubles as a studio space for the band — full of vintage effects, tape machines and synthesizers. The band’s synth-heavy sound comes courtesy of one of these artifacts, a 1971 resuscitated Mellotron.
The band has already released “Flyin’ Nowhere” and “Sunbeam Dream” from their forthcoming album. “Time Shakes,” the third and final single to be released off the album, will be released on Aug. 26.
For more information about In The Pines, visit inthepines.band. You can stream In The Pines’ music on Spotify, Bandcamp and Apple Music.
Listen to “Flyin’ Nowhere”:
Listen to “Sunbeam Dream”:
This article appears in Jul 23 – Aug 5, 2025.