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Psych Insight: Track: Milarepa by Hills, plus debut album reissue news
Hills are one of my favourite bands of recent times, a Swedish collective who only seem to emerge from time to time, but when they do they always seem to leave a big impression on me. Their last album, ‘Master Sleeps’ (their second), was originally released by in 2011 and re-pressed on vinyl by Rocket Recordings …
Track: Alabama punk/psych trio \\GT// release new single ’Something’s Wrong With My Mind’
Punk / Rock / Psychedelic, Birmingham, Alabama 3 piece \GT// stoke the fires of anticipation for the release of their debut album, ‘Beats Misplaced’, with lead single, ‘Something’s Wrong With My Mind’. Due for UK release on July 31, via Communicating Vessels & Rough Trade, “the eight track LP is a rock ’n’ roll thrill ride, …
Track: Velvet Morning – ‘You’re Blue, I’m Blue’
Taking their name from one of my all-time favourite retro psych tracks, Velvet Morning create a musical concoction made up of all the best cuts from the past 50 years of psych, blues and soul and serve it up as a beautiful dish to add to the current new wave psychedelia menu. ‘You’re Blue, I’m …
Listen : Dublin psych band Tomorrows draw on the spirit of krautrock for “Another Life”
My oh my, have you heard Tomorrows’ “Another Life”? No? Well you really should. It’s like a druggy, sunny afternoon baking in the rays with someone you wouldn’t mind melting into the earth with. It’s like a hot air balloon ride into the stratosphere. It’s like a stroll into the ether and laughing all the …
Track: A Place to Bury Strangers / The Telescopes release split single
Fuzz Clubs split series has become essential buying recently, with number five in the series featuring Texas Psych godfathers The Black Angels and Italian Psych rockers Sonic Jesus and for number six they’ve really surpassed themselves, inviting two of the greatest noise rock bands on the planet – New York City’s A Place to Bury …
Track: Spökraket – ‘In A Witch Forest’
Spökraket is a neo-psychedelic band from Århus, Denmark formed in 2010. The core band members are Bjørn Vind Abildtrup: 12- and 6-string guitars, organ/synth; occasional glockenspiel, percussion and backing vocals, double bass, Jonathan Højgaard: 12- and 6-string guitars, vocals; occasional keyboards/synth and Sinas Robin Svendsen: drums and percussion; occasional guitar and backing vocals. Guest artists on ‘In A Witch Forest’ are Freja Schaumburg-Müller Pallesen: …
Track: Early Ghost – Devils Got Me Now
London five piece Early Ghost are back with a new single, Devils Got Me Now, which is out on March 23rd on both vinyl and digital download. Despite only having formed for a little over two years, they’ve already supported a who’s list of bands, including Neutral Milk Hotel, Beirut, First Aid Kit, Jacco Gardner …
Track: London quartet Little Grim release new single, Vice
Out on February 23rd is the new and debut single from London quartet Little Grim. Called ‘Vice’, lead singer and guitarist of the band Joseph Murphy describes the story behind the record as “Vice is a song based on jealousy. Like a neon light leaves a distorted impression under your eyelids, I feel jealousy distorts …
Say Psych: New Music, A Quest EP by Wall/Eyed
Wall/Eyed are a four-piece from Paris, who formed in late 2013. They describe their music as taking inspiration from ‘post-psychedelicism and Bauhaus’, which is an intriguing combination which would suggest to me that it might be in the direction of Shoegaze. Indeed, while the band’s music does consist of elements that are both introvert and …
Track: The Wytches – ‘Weights & Ties’
They’ve just completed their biggest headline tour to date, with sell out shows throughout the UK, and going down a storm in the good ole US of A. If you were lucky enough to have caught one of the gigs, you’ll be abruptly aware of how pleasurably raucous The Wytches live set can be. Dirty …