Psych albums
Album Review: J. Zunz – Hibiscus
J.Zunz, the alias of Lorelle Meets The Obsolete‘s Lorena Quintanilla, released her debut album Silente in 2017, which melded fuzzy-or erstwhile intricate- guitars with textural synths. Since then, Lorelle Meets The Obsolete put out the highly praised De Facto in 2019, with it’s superb collision of swirling electronic manipulation and the duo’s guitar frenzies. As …
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: 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: Album Review: Mugstar & Damo Suzuki Live @ The Invisible Wind Factory
The Weird Beard are set to release something rather special, a live recording of Mugstar & Damo Suzuki recorded at the Invisible Wind Factory in Liverpool in 2018. The vinyl set for release on 14 July will be limited to 500, with 300 pressed on random ‘eco vinyl’ & 200 on an exclusive coloured variant only …
Say Psych: Album Review: Par Asito – Singularity
Hailing from Guadalajara, Mexico, Par Ásito merge space rock and noise exploration. Usually driven as a power trio, although this may vary depending on where the show takes place, Par Ásito’s music is aimed to provoke changes in the micro cosmos of the guts. This week they release their fourth LP Singularity on Dirty Filthy …
Say Psych: Album Review: Holy Wave – Interloper
Holy Wave, originally from El Paso, Texas but now situated in Austin in order to pursue their own vision of Texas psych, they offer sweet melodies dyed in carefully constructed noise. The band have cemented themselves as a staple force in the international scene, with key performances at Levitation, Desert Daze, and nearly every psych gathering …
Say Psych: Album Review: The Vacant Lots – Interzone
Interzone is the third full-length album by New York’s electro post-punk duo The Vacant Lots (Jared Artaud and Brian MacFadyen): a genre-blending synthesis of dance and psych made for secluded listeners and all night partygoers, meant for headphones and the club. It was released on Fuzz Club Records last week. Created with aid from Alan Vega’s Arp synthesier …
Say Psych: Album Review: Sonic Boom – All Things Being Equal
It’s auspicious that Sonic Boom—the solo project and nom-de-producer of Peter Kember (Spectrum, Spacemen 3) returns in 2020 with its first new LP in three decades. Kember was drawn to the year’s numerological potency, and this intentionality shines into every corner of All Things Being Equal. Released on Carpark Records, it’s a meditative, mathematical record …
Say Psych: Album Review: RMFTM – The Bestial Light
Dutch experimentalists RMFTM (aka Radar Men From The Moon) are ushering in their tenth year as a band with their sixth full length The Bestial Light, released 8 May on Fuzz Club Records. The LP marks yet another evolution in sound and line-up from the shape-shifting Eindhoven-based collective. Across their extensive back-catalogue and many collaborations …