Say Psych: Premiere: Singapore Sling – Sickin’ Street
Reykjavík maverick Henrik Björnsson is due to release Good Sick Fun, his 11th album under the Singapore Sling project, on 25 September via Fuzz Club Records and BSM brings you the premiere of the first track to be taken from it, ‘Sickin’ Street’ – an exercise in mechanical drum-machine, piercing tremolo-heavy noise and sinister vocal …
Say Psych: Track Review: The Nude Party – Cure Is You
The Nude Party are set to return with their second album Midnight Manor on 2 October via New West Records and have just unveiled lead single ‘Cure Is You’. The Nude Party formed while the members were students at North Carolina’s Appalachian State University. After honing their chops through incessant practice at their communal band house, they relocated to a property …
Say Psych: Video: Dimorphodons – The Factory
‘The Factory’ is the second single to be taken from visionary multi-instrumentalist, producer and guitar builder Dimorphodons’ transportive, transcendental and wonderfully eccentric debut Searching for Dimorphodons EP set for release 11 September on Hand of Glory. The Factory takes on a languorous, introspective turn compared to its electrifying freakbeat predecessor, debut single ‘Searching for Dimorphodons’ …
Say Psych: Album Review: L.A. Witch – Play With Fire
Californian trio L.A. Witch are back with a new album, Play With Fire, which is released tomorrow on Suicide Squeeze Records. Their self-titled debut album unfurled like hazy memories of late night revelries in the city centre creeping back in on a hungover Sunday morning. Guitarist/vocalist Sade Sanchez purred and crooned over jangling guitar chords, …
Say Psych: Album Review: dreamweapon – Maelstrom X
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 …
Say Psych: Album Review: Autotelia – I
Autotelia, as originally coined by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, describes a process by which someone has a purpose in, rather than outside of themselves. Those who are autotelic depend less on external rewards for their satisfaction, being driven instead simply by purpose or curiosity. Such was the genesis of a new project put together by The …
Say Psych: Video: The Dead Zoo – Mother
London’s The Dead Zoo have recently release their debut single ‘Mother’ on Rock Noir Recordings along with a fantastic video that captures the creativity coming out of the times we are living in. Recorded and mixed from the bandmembers’ homes under COVID-19 separation, ‘Mother’ became a favourite from their live set and is sung by …
Say Psych: Premiere: Nest Egg – Dislocation
Nest Egg were formed in 2011 and hail from Asheville, North Carolina. The band have honed their sound on the live circuit and their new LP Dislocation was released last week on The Acid Test Recordings and Little Cloud Records and BSM is pleased to bring you the video premiere of ‘ Dislocation is the …
Say Psych: Album Review: Nest Egg – Dislocation
Nest Egg were formed in 2011 and hail from Asheville, North Carolina. The band have honed their sound on the live circuit and new LP Dislocation to be released on The Acid Test Recordings and Little Cloud Records is the follow-up to 2018’s Nothingness Is Not A Curse, released on Fuzz Club. They specialise in …
Say Psych: Video: Mayflower Madame – Sacred Core
‘Sacred Core’ is the third single from Oslo’s Mayflower Madame‘s latest LP Prepared For A Nightmare. The band explain that it’s a song about getting lost, drifting away and trying to find the way back to your safe haven – and is guided by swirling, hypnotic guitars and an insistent, heavy beat. While some might call …