Psych albums
Say Psych: Album Review: Hayvanalar Alemi – Psychedelia in Times of Turbulance
Hayvanalar Alemi are an instrumental psychedelic folk-rock band founded in Ankara in 1999. Throughout the years, the band has developed its very own style, inspired by the Turkish innovative musical heritage, and also informed by the traditional and popular genres of the globe, blending together scales and rhythms of Asia, Africa, Middle East and South …
Say Psych: Album Review: Sunflowers – Endless Voyage
Sunflowers return with their third LP Endless Voyage; a conceptual sci-fi record about the end of the world, the rise of the machine, doubt about one’s individuality and the acceptance of chaos. It has been recently released on Stolen Body Records, the second to be released with them after 2018’s Castle Spell. This is a …
Say Psych: Album Premiere: Las Cobras – Selva
Emerging out of the small Uruguayan city of Canelones, in 2017 a band named Las Cobras released their debut recordings, a nine track LP called Temporal – and instantly became a name on the tongues of those tapped into the trans-Atlantic psychedelic underground. A couple of years on and the duo comprised of Leandro Rebellato …
Say Psych: Album Review: Firefriend – Avalanche
Hailing from Sao Paulo, Brazil, Firefriend are Julia Grassetti (bass and vocals), Caca Amaral (drums) and Yury Hermuche (guitar and vocals). They are part of the underground resistance and in their latest LP Avalanche, have created their magnum opus.; an aural documentation of the nihilistic storm that is part of living in the 21st Century. …
Say Psych: Album Review: Rosa Maria – Here She Comes
Third Eye Stimuli Records are creating quite a stir on the other side of the equator due to their recent run of high quality psychedelic offerings, and their newest addition to their envious back catalogue is no exception. Rosa Maria are known for their authentic surf hooks and dancey grooves and the Sydney based group …
Say Psych: Album Review: Julie’s Haircut – In The Silence Electric
In The Silence Electric is the latest LP from Italy’s Julie’s Haircut, recently released on Rocket Recordings. The band with a quarter of a century history are notable for their deft balance between hypnotic radiance and otherworldly intensity. The artwork comes from German avant-garde feminist Annegret Soltau and its striking aura works perfectly alongside the …
Say Psych: EP Review: Black Doldrums – She Divine
Black Doldrums, the lauded London-based power-duo, have recently released their new EP She Divine on Club AC30. Known for delivering layered echo-drenched guitar with heavy, relentless drums, Black Doldrums have created transient and euphoric dark psychedelia and they’ve once again captured their raw, untamed energy with the help of producer Pat Collier at Perry Vale Studios …
Say Psych: Album Premiere: Déjà Vega – Déjà Vega
BSM have been championing underground psychedelic bands for a number of years now and so it is a great honour for us to bring the premiere streaming of Déjà Vega’s debut self-titled LP ahead of its release on 11 October. Cheshire’s answer to musical boredom already host a cult live following (including a chant all …
Say Psych: Album Review: The Reverb Conspiracy – Volume 6
The mission statement of London-based independent label Fuzz Club is to uncover and celebrate the best in fuzz, reverb and drone from every corner of the globe. As well as via their extensive back- catalogue and their Fuzz Club Eindhoven festival, one such particular medium through which they do this is their annual Reverb Conspiracy …
Album Review: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – And Now For The Whatchamacallit
Perth’s Psychedelic Porn Crumpets new album, And Now For The Whatchamacallit, puts them on a pedestal with their fellow countrymen King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard (I figured I wouldn’t get through the review without mentioning them, so let’s get it out there early) shining a light on antipodean psych music through, as well as …