“Somewhere, frozen in deep space, is a pop group. Theyre called TheOriginal Doo-Wop Spacemen and they make mutated 50s pop music -somewhere between the great American songbook and classic jukeboxtunes, then dipped in classic romance film scores before being lathered upwith prog-rock, jazz and psychedelia.Theyre the brainchild of Oliver Taylor, frontman of Trudy and The Romance.Or maybe theyre the characterised manifestation of several real-lifeexperiences. In either case, The Original Doo-Wop Spacemen are here, andtheyre playing on Trudy and The Romances debut album Sandman – a cosmic,kaleidoscopic, merry-go-round of a record that is bursting with bright ambition.While the intricate details of the narrative might be buried in the lyrics, underlayers of fuzz or light-years away, there is certainly a story here – a specific conceptualidea. It involves the characters Little Johnny, frontman of The OriginalDoo-Wop Spacemen, and Sweet Emma, his love.The album takes cues from the golden age of Disney. Its also informed by PhilSpector. For example, Liverpools very own Sense of Sound Choir sing on everytrack, lending the album its woozy, encompassing feel.Produced by David Pye (Wild Beasts, Egyptian Hip Hop), Sandman is unlikeanything youll hear in 2019, or the next lifetime. Look out for the Doo-WopSpacemen the next time you enter the astral plane. Theyll be performing theiralligator rock-n-roll for this generation, the one before it, and the rest to come.