With Ron Sexsmith's songs, you know that you’re going to get them stuck in your head, and that you’ll be more than happy to host them there.

The Sixties, man. It was a time of social upheaval. But it was also a time when pop musicians and a generation of listeners were looking for enlightenment - and a soundtrack to go with it. Here are 20 great obscure psych-pop tunes that capture the spirit of the times.

Written during a personally challenging period of deaths (plural!) in the family, EELS head honcho Mark Oliver Everett channeled his grief into songwriting. This tune, the single to his second album Electro-Shock Blues, is themed around his family and his grief. What does it say about loss in general? How does his invert the narrative so unexpectedly?