Meat Puppets - Mirage 

The Meat Puppets at their psychedelic peak. A tightly crafted labor of love, Mirage was released in Spring of 1987 to increasing interest from mainstream rock circles. Joe Sasfy (Washington Post) proclaimed it "their finest, as close to a polished artistic arrival as you'd want from a frisky anti-pop band committed to musical spontaneity and adventure."

Mirage is some sideways brand of cactus-country rock: acoustic shuffles propelled by Curt Kirkwood's prickly Crazy Horse rustic-rust guitar and Cris Kirkwood's jagged Beefheart-hyperfunk bass, with the siblings staking their breathtaking claim to post-Louvin Brothers mountain-harmony.