Easter Everywhere, released in 1967, is the second studio album by the 13th Floor Elevators and a landmark of psychedelic rock. Building on the energy of their debut, this album pushes further into experimentation with sprawling arrangements, hypnotic repetition, and a heightened sense of spiritual searching. The nearly eight-minute opener Slip Inside This House stands as the band’s grandest statement, blending Eastern influences, fuzzed-out guitars, and Tommy Hall’s otherworldly electric jug to create a head-spinning trip. Elsewhere, covers like Bob Dylan’s Baby Blue are given the Elevators’ distinctive treatment, weaving garage-rock grit with cosmic texture.

The record’s mix of visionary ambition and raw intensity captures a group at their most daring, taking the sound of garage psychedelia into uncharted territory. Roky Erickson’s vocals are both urgent and transcendent, guiding songs that veer between chaotic noise and moments of surprising beauty. From the gentle I Had to Tell You to the climactic Postures (Leave Your Body Behind), Easter Everywhere balances intensity with intimacy, offering a complete and immersive psychedelic journey that continues to influence musicians decades later.

Reviews:

“Easter Everywhere is an all-time classic of psychedelic music.” – AllMusic

“Easter Everywhere isn’t as raw or prickly as The Psychedelic Sounds, but it’s a weirder, more expansive record that shows one direction garage rock would head in as it lurched into the late ’60s.” – Paste Magazine

“The Elevators stretched the psychedelic sound into stranger, more transcendent territory, and Easter Everywhere remains one of the era’s most striking documents.” – The Guardian