I can’t actually fully articulate how much this band has meant to me through the years, but since I first discovered their aural charms well over a decade ago they have become musical, literary, fashion, and lifestyle icons for me. Nearly everything I’ve done in any artistic capacity has been informed by their generation-spanning musical range and unprecedented mix of whimsy, psychadelia, lyricism, and good ole fashioned fun. They are the first, the best, and the…