The hypnotic song "Candy Flip" from the Brooklyn psych-pop band Spires is a testament to tunes born of last-minute inspiration. The band's singer and guitarist, Matt Stevenson, said he wrote the ...

“Candy Flip” opens with a vaguely sitar-like drone—a nod, perhaps, to their psychedelic forefathers—but it quickly kicks in to sunshiny stoner anthem overdrive. Lead singer Matt Stevenson waxes ...