A group's biggest hit is not always their most artistically successful, and this is certainly the case with Warm Sounds, a group who released a trio of singles on Decca Records' more hip imprint Deram during 1967/68.
Thier first single, Birds And Bees, was their sole hit, reaching No. 27 in the UK charts, a heavily orcestrated and rather ornate number with a vaguely fey, psychedelic feel. Follow up Sticks and Stones, with its music hall vibe, proved to be a flop, and so it appears that a change of sound was adopted for their third and final single.
The resulting record, Nite Is A-Comin' is considerably heavier than what had come before, opening with wild guitar and chants of 'Hallelujah' and then launching into a gloriously chaotic tune that sounds like The Mamas And The Papas on particularly strong acid, namechecking The Grateful Dead before launching into a killer, maracca driven chorus.
It really is an impressive disc, one of those late 60s pieces where it functions both as pop and art, a situation that would become rarer as the decade grew to a close.
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