Say Psych: Track Review: Blanketman – Beach Body
Blanketman return today with new single ‘Beach Body’, produced by Luke Smith (Foals, Depeche Mode, Petite Noir, LIFE). It arrives as the follow-up to their much-heralded debut single ‘Taking You With Me’, which cruelly arrived right after the band performed sold-out live shows just before Lockdown took hold. Over the last year or two the band have …
Say Psych: Album Review: Death Valley Girls – Under the Spell of Joy
Los Angeles dystopian punk/occult glam rockers Death Valley Girls will release their new LP Under the Spell of Joy this Friday via Suicide Squeeze Records. While studies have been conducted aiming to understand the science behind music, our inexplicable ability to tap into the emotions of another human being by way of arrangements of sonic frequencies still …
Say Psych: Album Review: The Nude Party – Midnight Manor
The Nude Party return with their second LP Midnight Manor out on Friday via New West Records. The 12-song set was recorded live-to-tape over six days at the Outlier Inn in upstate New York and mixed by John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr., Kurt Vile). Midnight Manor is the follow up to their critically acclaimed self-titled debut which Rolling Stone heralded as …
Say Psych: Track Review: Flying Moon in Space – Ardor
Flying Moon In Space are a seven-piece band from Leipzig, Germany borne out of live improvisations which are known to last hours at a time. Having clocked-up nearly fifty shows in their home-city alone, as well as support slots with The Holydrug Couple, Elephant Stone and The Sweet Release of Death and a couple of …
Say Psych: Track Review: The Spyrals – Same Old Line
‘Same Old Line’ is the second single from the upcoming album of LA’s The Spyrals which is set for release via Fuzz Club Records on 30 October. Taking cues from The Velvet Underground, 13th Floor Elevators and The Stooges by way of Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Muddy Waters, the new album Same Old Line was …
Say Psych: Video Premiere: Modern Stars – Jesus Walks Alone
Modern Stars are Andrea Merolle, Barbara Margani and Andrea Sperduti. Andrea and Andrea played in several bands of the Latium underground scene, while Barbara is a lyric soprano. Their music is instinctive and at the same time flickering, fuzzy, aerial, groovy, bizarre, distorted, harmonious and dissonant. They are heavily influenced by Spacemen 3, Primal Scream, …
Say Psych: Album Review: The Asteroid No. 4 – Northern Songs
Psychedelic rock legends The Asteroid No.4 will release their new album Northern Songs this Friday through a partnership with UK-based Cardinal Fuzz Records and Portland’s Little Cloud Records. Stalwarts of the modern ‘psych’ genre, they are known for their prolific discography of reverb-drenched recordings and liquid-projected live performances. With a sound all their own and neo-psychedelic / shoegaze leanings, they are often compared to acts …
Say Psych: News: The Oscillation Re-Press Droneweapon and Share New Video
Following the tragic news last week that Tom Relleen of The Oscillation, Tomaga and most recently Autotelia had died, leaving behind him a wonderful and inspiring legacy of music, the news that a re-press of The Oscillation’s latest offering Droneweapon was now available was music to any fans ears, particularly those who missed out first …
Say Psych: Album Review: Dreamweapon – Rites of Lunacy
Porto’s dreamweapon take their name from the 1990 Spacemen 3 live album ‘Dreamweapon: An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music’, who themselves took inspiration from the work of minimalist drone – or ‘Dream Music’ – visionary La Monte Young and a 1965 multimedia piece titled ‘Rites of The Dreamweapon’ by original The Velvet Underground drummer Angus MacLise. Following …
Say Psych: Album Review: Japanese Television – EP III
Japanese Television don’t surf, but if they did, it would be on a swirling wave of reverb-drenched organ, garage-rock guitars, hypno-motorik bass and pounding, ritualistic drums. The band formed in 2018 through a shared love of fuzz boxes, Joe Meek and UFOs and together they invented “Space Surf”. Upon discovering it already existed, they reinvented …