Psych albums
See Psych: Album Review, Complekt by Landing
It hardly seems any time at all since the last Landing album came out, back in the summer. ‘Third Sight’ was such an immediate hit with me when I heard it, as it obviously was with my fellow writer J Hubner, who reviewed it at the time (click here) and wrote: “Third Sight is a beautiful escape from reality. …
Say Psych: Album Review, Strange Pleasures by Dreamtime
OK here goes, I’m a little nervous. Here’s the thing. I have written around 75 album reviews this year, yet I’ve still got a few butterflies. Why? Well every so often an album comes along that you really really want to do justice to. An album that you want to be able to describe to …
Say Psych: Album Review, Karma Suture by Fungal Abyss
Fungal Abyss are a band who are completely new to me, even though they have been going since around 2011. Essentially a side project of Seattle post-metal band Lesbian, Fungal Abyss could be described more as ‘space rock’ in their approach. The band’s debut album, I have since learned, is highly regarded in space rock …
Say Psych: Album Review, The Hermit by Surya Kris Peters
The idea of living as a hermit is one that I find increasingly palatable. Taking myself away from the frightening realities of the world seems to be one solution that I could very much buy into. In fact were it not for my family I would be seriously tempted. It is partially for this reason …
Say Psych: Album Review, Phantom of Liberty by Camera
Camera are a band who I have always had high regard for, something that seems to grow with each of their releases. If the band’s previous album ‘Remember I Was Carbon Dioxide‘ marked a move towards a more electronic sound, then ‘Phantom of Liberty’ further completes the move. Furthermore, it also broadens out the band’s …
Say Psych: Live in San Francisco by Feral Ohms
Oh. My. Fucking. God. When a bunch of guys from bands who have been partially responsibly for some of my favourite releases of the year get together to do a live album I’m going to take notice. But this? THE SCUZZ! MY MIND? THE SCUZZ! BLOWN! Feral Ohms are Ethan Miller (Heron Oblivion), Chris Johnson (Andy Human …
Say Psych: EP Review: The Valkarys – Since I Was Fifteen
The Valkarys, formed in Edinburgh, are a psychedelic/garage rock quintet who are thinkers, believers and doers. Their new EP Since I Was Fifteen was released on 28th October on Wrong Way Records, and a live show in Glasgow on the 29th accompanied the release. Having previously had a spell in London before returning to their …
Psych Insight: Album Review, Zement:Werk by Zement
I’m going to break with tradition here and begin with a the band’s press bio, basically because it tells you all you need to know: “This duo is less about an inorganic building material and more about an improvised jam to drift away. More analog meets digital as a bulk product. Repetitive meet psychedelic sounds, …
Say Psych: Album Review, Dandelion Sauce of the Ancients by Terminal Cheesecake
Fans of 1980s/90s psychedelia will no doubt be aware of Terminal Cheesecake, a band so in your face that not even a death mask would stop them from giving you serious attitude; one of those bands who always seemed to be on the edge sometimes tipping over in to the abyss of inaccessibility. Well hold onto …
Say Psych: Album Review, Mantra Music by Megaritual
One of the comments that I often make in this blog is something along the lines of “I can’t believe that only 2/3 people are making all this great noise”. With Megaritual I need to go a stage further because this album is the work of just one man, Australian multi-instrumentalist Dale Walker (also member of …