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Track: The Utopia Strong – Brainsurgeons 3
The Utopia Strong are a supergroup of sorts and often supergroups can be a bit hit and miss. If this taster is anything to go by then the yet to be released self titled debut is going to be a massive hit. What we have here is psychedelic electronic music cosmiche in it’s purest form. …
Track: Ty Segall – Radio
It’s hardly news at all that the ferociously prolific has a new record out (First Taste, August 2nd via Drag City) or a new single, but such is the relentless quality of what he produces that we can’t ignore it. Of the track, Segall says “‘Radio’ is a science non-fiction song. We live in a …
Say Psych: Track Review: Is Bliss – ‘All I See Is You’
Portsmouth based psych aficionados Is Bliss are pleased to announce the release of their highly anticipated debut album Strange Communication, released 7 June via Club AC30. Having received critical acclaim for their first two EP’s; ‘Velvet Dreams’ and the follow-up ‘The Honeycomb Explosion’, the south coast trio have been busy in the studio and have …
Track: Thee Oh Sees share Burning Bridges from reissue EP, announce world tour dates
Oh Sees have announced the reissue of their Graveblockers EP, out via Castle Face on June 10th. The band also recently announced a run of Autumn North American tour dates, but more importantly a handful of May dates in the UK. From the EP the band have shared the track Burning Bridges, a wispy, slightly …
Track: Dommengang – Wild Wash
California trio Dommengang are set to release their new album, No Keys, on May 17th through Thrill Jockey and have unleashed a pulsating new single ahead of its release. “Wild Wash” certainly demonstrates the band’s penchant for blues infused psych-rock as Dan “Sig” Wilson’s guitar work howls throughout, all the while the band embark on a …
Track: BEAK> – Life Goes On
Inspired apparently by a recent trip to Mexico City for a festival, Life Goes On is the new track from BEAK> taken from what we are told is ‘a forthcoming EP’. Evidently the band were rudely awoken by the screams of a young girl, which turned out to be a recording used by scrap-collecting carts …
Track: L’Epee – Dreams
Although ‘Dreams’ is technically a debut single, there’s experienced hands at work with psych supergroup L’Epee, aka Emmanuelle Seigner (Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle), Anton Newcome (The Brian Jonestown Massacre) and Lional + Marie Limiñana (The Limiñanas). It’s forge in this 60’s alt rock feel, all stabby guitars and harking back to an era (a classic one …
Say Psych: Track: L.A. Witch – Haunting
Californian trio L.A. Witch announce their new EP Octubre, to be released on 2nd November on Suicide Squeeze Records and share the first single from it, ‘Haunting’. Octubre may be a records about unhealthy infatuations and debilitating love, but it’s also an inadvertent statement in the past and permanence. Offered to the world as a …
Say Psych: Track: The Oscillation – Drop
Following a recalibration and consolidation with their recent electronics-inflected album, 2018’s U.E.F., The Oscillation is back with their sixth and most ambitious album to date, Wasted Space, and to coincide with the release have issued forth hedonistic number ‘Drop’ as well as a string of live dates with label mates Lumerians. “The origins of Wasted …
Say Psych: Track: The Underground Youth – Fill The Void
There aren’t many bands around in the gloomy world of contemporary psych and post-punk who can even come close to The Underground Youth in terms of sheer, relentless work ethic. Since the release of the band’s eighth LP What Kind of Dystopian Hellhole Is This? in February 2017 the band have embarked on four extensive …