"Ended Up Becoming a Part of Latter-Day Pop's Musical DNA"

"He had started out as one of a number of west coast-based musicians who felt the best route out of punk was exploring the past: Emergency Third Rail Power Trip, the debut album by the band he had formed while at college in Minnesota, the Rain Parade, was clearly in thrall to the psychedelic era from its title down: it featured sitar, songs called things like Kaleidoscope and This Can't Be Today and dreamily drugged-out textures spiked with lyrics that hinted at the scary, overwhelming side of the LSD experience. It was beautifully done, and sounded like less of a knowing pastiche than their paisley-shirted British equivalents."

At The Guardian, Alexis Petridis writes an appreciation of David Roback.

As does Pat Thomas at Variety.