Say Psych: Album Review: Mint Field – Pasar De Las Luces
Rating: 7/10 Tijuana is a border town with a storied history – sometimes a history of union, sometimes of violence, that allows it to have a hybrid culture with many vibrant scenes and artists that have defied their borders. Mint Field believe their roots are in the city but are not defined by it. Amor …
Say Psych: Track: Boy Azooga – Loner Boogie
Cardiff’s Boy Azooga are a musical mystery tour comprised of Davey Newington, Daf Davies, Dylan Morgan and Sam Barnes. This week they announced details of the release of their debut LP 1,2 Kung Fu! on Heavenly Recordings on 8th June 2018 and alongside they have thrust forth the video to ‘Loner Boogie’, an infectious swampy-fuzz …
Say Psych: Video: Moaning – Tired
LA’s Moaning have released new video for track ‘Tired’ from their forthcoming self titled debut album released on Sub Pop Records on 2nd March. Director of the video Ambar Navarro had this to say; “”Behind closed doors we experience a series of strange stories: A house catches fire, a giant hamster takes a bath, and …
Say Psych: News: Moon Duo’s Sanae Yamada unveils details of own project, Vive La Void
Sanae Yamada, co-founder and keyboard player of Moon Duo has announced details of her new project, Vive La Void. Yamada wrote and recorded her debut album over roughly a two-year period, during windows of downtime in Moon Duo’s substantial touring and recording schedule. The synthesizer-driven album will be released this spring on Sacred Bones Records …
Say Psych: Video: Whyte Horses – Empty Words
Manchester’s Whyte Horses exude psychedelic pop at its finest, and no more so than in their latest track ‘Empty Words’ which received its First Play on Lauren Laverne’s 6 Music show. ‘Empty Words’ is from the band’s forthcoming second LP of the same name out on CRC Records on the 9th March. Pre-order: https://kontraband.store/crcmusic/
Say Psych: Track Review: MIEN – Earth Moon
MIEN are a new power quartet comprised of The Black Angels’ Alex Maas, The Horrors’ Tom Furse, Elephant Stone’s Rishi Dhir and The Earlies’ John-Mark Lapham. They are set to release their debut self-titled LP on Rocket Recordings on 6th April. ‘Earth Moon’ follows on from the debut track to be pulled from the LP, …
Say Psych: Album Review: Dreamweapon – SOL
Rating: 8/10 Portugal’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 …
Say Psych: News: JuJu announces European tour and video for ‘In A Ghetto’
Back in September last year, Sicilian multi-instrumentalist JuJu – the pseudonym of Gioele Valenti (Lay Llamas, Herself) released second LP Our Mother Was A Plant on Fuzz Club Records. After a run of festival appearances towards the end of last year, JuJu has now announced a full European tour in support of the new record. To coincide with …
Say Psych: Album Review: Dead Vibrations – Dead Vibrations
Dead Vibrations burst onto the booming Stockholm music scene in 2015 and have been flying the flag high for Scandinavian shoegaze ever since. Comprised of Christian Jansson (Guitar & Vocals), Elmer Hallsby (Bass), Josefin Ahlqvist Lyzwiski (Drums) and Olov Sjogren (Guitar), their dark and gloomy noise pop channelling a mix of visceral Jesus & the Mary Chain …
Say Psych: Track Review: The Men – Rose on Top of the World
‘Rose on Top of the World’ is the second single to be taken from the forthcoming album Drift, from Brooklyn based The Men. The bands seventh LP will be released on Sacred Bones records on 2nd March. Vocalist & guitarist Nick Chiericozzi said the following about the new single “‘Rose On Top Of The World’ came out …