psych tracks
Say Psych: EP: Phoenician Drive – Two Coins
Rating: 9/10 Phoenician Drive are the emerging talent from the Belgian scene, hailing from Brussels with their blend of oriental kraut suited perfectly to any psychedelic brain. They meet at the crossroads of Middle Eastern, North African and Mediterranean musical traditions and add elements of psychedelia to create a unique style all of their own. …
Say Psych: Track: Mayflower Madame – Drown
Mayflower Madame are a psychedelic orientated post-punk band from Oslo, Norway who peddle a dark, brooding sound which blends well with some of the finest sounds of the time. Comprised of Trond Fagernes (vocals/guitar), Håvard Haga (guitar), Petter Gudim Marberg (bass) and Ola Kyrkjeeide (drums), they formed formed in the dark winter of 2010 and …
Say Psych: Track: Hey Bulldog – Stranger
Hey Bulldog from Manchester, started as a spec of an idea from their front main Rob Manton (guitar and vocals), who joined forces with like minded souls Matt Parry (bass) and Ben Howarth-Lees (drums) to become an explosive act on the live circuit. Touting psychedelic enthused blues, Hey Bulldog offer their single ‘Stranger’ on Doing …
Say Psych: Track: Control of the Going – She
Rating: 7/10 Control of the Going are an eclipse formed of surreal psychedelia with smatterings of rock and roll who have emerged from a city with music bursting from every seam, Manchester. With simulating live performances garnering them much attention, they have pushed their heads above the parapet and are being tipped as one of the cities …
Track: Heavy Suns – Hide
Barnsley five piece Heavy Suns take the blueprint laid down (or at least honed) by the Rolling Stones and Lez Zeppelin, and stirred in a healthy dose of the shoeegaze/psych for their new single Hide. It’s has this rawness about it, swathes of guitar noise and this motorik bass sound underneath everything. It also has …
Track: Brian Jonestown Massacre – Fact 67
Taken from their forthcoming album Don’t Get Lost, out on February 24th on A Recordings, the Brian Jonestown Massacre have revealed a new track – called Fact 67, featuring The Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess. Coming just four months after their ‘Third World Pyramid’ album, Don’t Get Lost was recorded and produced at Anton Newcombe’s new …
New Music: Spectres – Neck
Spectres release Condition, the follow up to their much admired debut album Dying, this coming March 10th via the Sonic Cathedral label. Recorded in the bands adopted home city of Bristol, and and mastered by Frank Arkwright (Mogwai, 65daysofstatic) at Abbey Road in London, the band toyed with experimentation with electronics followint the release of …
Track: Gnoomes – Cascais
describing their particular brand of psych-rock as being ‘Stargaze’, Russian trio Gnoomes are back with a new track ‘Cascain’, taken from their forthcoming album ‘Tschak!’, out on Rocket Recordings on March 10th. As the band explain, the whole recording process and their lives around it have been surrounded with some uncertainty. “Our vocalist has been …
Track: Ty Segall – Orange Color Queen
Ty Segall, the always busy and always creating DIY California singer/songwriter is readying a new self-titled for release on January 27th of next year. Segall assembled a band consisting of usual pals in Mikal Cronin and Charles Moothart, along with Emmett Kelly and Ben Boye and hit the studio with full band in tact for this new …
EP: Album Review: Muertos
Muertos, based out of Essex, released their debut EP last Friday on Wrong Way Records and accompanied the release with a launch party at Bassment, Chelmsford on 9th November. Muertos are a trio who draw their energy from the darker side of life. They consist of DeAnna Avis, whose proud Mexican origin shines through in …