by Bruce Eder
In contrast to the typical psychedelic punk unearthings, which are pleasing if unexceptional period offerings, Love at Psychedelic Velocity is genuinely impressive (as are the Human Expression), and, what's more, impressive from the get-go. The demo version of &Everynight& is virtually a match for any piece of garage punk of 1966, and &Readin' Your Will,& heard for the first time publicly, is as fine a piece of sneering teenage defiance as the Standells or the Chocolate Watch Band ever produced. Jim Quarles sings like a cross between Sky Saxon and Mick Jagger, depending on the song. The official version of &Everynight& is even better, and there's not a wrong note or move made on any of ten tracks by the Human Expression featured here. Even the four previously unissued Quarles solo tracks, while a little smooth and polished, have a pleasing psychedelic shimmer to them.