Raleigh, North Carolina’s Heads on Sticks came about as a side project of Birds of Avalon’s bassist David Mueller. An established musician and producer in his own right, Mueller sought to explore the psychedelic sounds that have influenced him. “I wouldn’t know where to start,” said Mueller when asked to ascribe a genre to this project. Kindred spirits are hard to nail down, but upon listening it’s difficult to not draw comparisons to fellow Raleigh natives Future Islands. Maybe it’s something in the water?