Psych albums
Say Psych: Album Review: The Janitors – Fuzz Club Session
Conjuring heavy drones and sinister garage-psych freak-outs, Stockholm outfit The Janitors have been a formidable presence on the European underground since they formed way back in 2004. Channelling the free-wheeling spirit of Hawkwind with equal smatterings of Sabbath and Spacemen 3, the band are masters of taking hold of a gnarly fuzzed-out groove and beating …
Say Psych: Album Review: Ouzo Bazooka – Transporter
Ouzo Bazooka, the undisputed champions of the middle eastern psych rock scene return with Transporter, their third album to date which has been released on Stolen Body Records today. After 2 years trotting the globe and playing over 150 live shows they returned to the studio a tight knot radiating with ideas and inspiration to create what …
Say Psych: Album Review: NONN – XVII
Back in May last year Sweden’s Christian Eldefors released his debut album as NONN, a stark collection of minimalistic post-punk that marked him as one of the most exciting outputs in the dark Scandinavian scene. After touring the record across Europe and recruiting a full band, the project is back with its second album, XVII, …
Say Psych: Album Review: Megaritual – Dreamfeeder
Megaritual is the solo project of Australian multi-instrumentalist Dale Walker. His latest offering which was released recently on Dirty Filthy Records, Dreamfeeder, was previously only available in a digital format but now the vinyl pressing features two exclusive tracks. The LP was recorded in its entirety at Walker’s home studio in New South Wales, Australia. As …
Say Psych: Album Review: Sonic Jesus – Memories
Hailing from Dognella Di Ninfa, Italy and once described as psychedelia’s “best kept secret”, Sonic Jesus have acquired a staunch following in the underground, not least thanks to the exposure provided by Fuzz Club Records for their debut LP Neither Virtue Nor Anger which has now acquired cult status. Memories is much more than a …
Say Psych: Album Review: The Gluts – Fuzz Club Session
The latest Fuzz Club Session in the fast-becoming infamous series has landed. This time it’s the turn of Milanese noise bringers The Gluts, who were dragged aboard Soup Studio, a boat turned recording studio in East London’s Trinity Buoy Wharf. Already known as a formidable live force and hot on the heels of a mesmerising …
Say Psych: Album Review: Camera – Emotional Detox
They started as the so called “Krautrock Guerrilla” in 2012, six years later Berlins Camera are releasing their fourth full length LP, Emotional Detox. And whilst traditionally associated with the likes of NEU! and La Düsseldorf it is time now to allow Camera to break free of the krautrock tradition and accept that they are very much …
Say Psych: Album Review: Throw Down Bones – Two
Italy’s Throw Down Bones are something of an enigma in the experimental underground. Since the release of their highly-praised 2015 self-titled album, they’ve picked up a notorious reputation on the European live circuit for their pulverising, constantly-mutating live shows. In a review of the debut album listeners were told to “make no mistake, this is …
Say Psych: Album Review: Kikagaku Moyo – Masana Temples
Masana is a fictional word created by Kikagaku Moyo to express a utopian feeling, an existence where everything can interact harmoniously and offer inspiration and understanding. The fourth LP from the band, Masana Temples, radiates this vision, architecting a vibrating world that isn’t confined to the known limits of what came before it. Kikagaku Moyo have …
Say Psych: Album Review: The Oscillation – Wasted Space
Following a re calibration and consolidation with their recent electronics-inflected album, 2018’s U.E.F., The Oscillation are back with their sixth and most ambitious album to date, Wasted Space. Offered up as a meditation on the nature of existence in the face of what can be insurmountable odds it fins them painting from the darker shades …