Psych
Track: Gold Coast’s dream pop exponents syrup go on engulf us in a dreamy reverie with the sparkling ‘Lavender Sky’
It’s been nearly two years since we reviewed the delightful album ‘Last Light’ from Brisbane’s dream pop giants syrup go on. They have returned after a year of songwriting, development and, I presume, avoiding the maelstrom of COVID with a new single: the luminescent and sparkling track ‘Lavender Sky’. Evoking images of pastoral, bucolic countrysides …
GOAT announce compilation record; foreshadowed by new track ‘Queen of the Underground’
Swedish collective Goat have announced a career-spanning compilation album, Headsoup, encapsulating non-album singles, b-sides, and other rarities. The record also features the first batch of new Goat music since their scintillating Let it Burn single – recorded towards the end of 2020: Queen of the Underground and Fill My Mouth, both illustrating the blazing musical …
Premiere: Brisbane’s brilliant musical chameleons, Fingerless, reveal sparkling psychedelic new track ‘Leaf of Stone’ and announce launch gig.
Fingerless are consistently proving themselves to be a fascinating bunch: their singles are constantly evolving and changing, and each time they veer in another direction, they prove themselves masterful innovators and extraordinary songwriters. Their new single’ Leaf of Stone’ – which we are very honoured to premiere today – is a psychedelic wig out – …
See: Pond bathe in a luxurious bacchanalia with their video for the fresh track ‘Toast’, and announce a new album ‘9’ plus tour news.
Pond‘s new single ‘Toast’ is a warm and louche slice of psychedelia: replete with a laid back swagger with a tongue planted firmly in the cheek, a twinkle in the eye and a wry, sardonic grin. And yet it bears a serious message about class divide in times of emergency. It also comes bearing news …
Album review: The Holy Family – ‘The Holy Family’: an exultant, double-album trip into innerspace
MASTERFUL psychedelic imprint Rocket Recordings has added another string to its bow with the signing of the hallucinatory collective The Holy Family, whose first album arrives this Friday. And a hell of a trip it is, too, roaming freely across modern electronica and the oldest, earthiest folk, the most dronesome of motorik and the molten …
See: Absolutely Free use AI to teach a computer ‘How To Paint Clouds’ with synth-psych glimmer
THE CANADIAN psych trio of Matt King, Mike Claxton and Moshe Rozenberg, who trade in outer- and innerspace as Absolutely Free, have returned ready to scratch a seven-year psych itch; yep, it’s been that long since their self-titled debut album, which blew more than a few minds. The good news is they have a new album …
Track: Dr Joy – ‘Signed, The Body Electric’: a meeting of Toronto minds spills out in psych technicolour
DR JOY is a meeting of minds on the vivacious Toronto psych scene, comin’ atcha with a dose of technicolour sonic blur to administer aurally in their debut single, “Signed – The Body Electric”, out this very morn. The band is a fusion of musical seeker, initially born out of friendship and hanging out, exchanging …
Say Psych: Album Review: Night Beats – Outlaw R&B
Earlier this month Night Beats released their fifth LP, Outlaw R&B on Fuzz Club Records. In it, Danny Lee Blackwell steers the band back to its raw, acid-fried roots in a blaze of technicolour glory. It follows 2019’s Myth Of A Man LP (Heavenly Recordings) and last year’s ‘That’s All You Got’ 7” featuring Black …
Say Psych: Track Review: Peacock Method – I Don’t Mind
Formed in Manchester during the bleak pandemic period & foreseeing the inevitable nightlife renaissance Peacock Method fuse a passion for colourful indie disco mellow gothic styles & funky synth tones that warrant either a jive or an atmosphere. They recently released their debut single ‘I Don’t Mind’ and it has taken everyone by storm. With …
Say Psych: Track Review: The Third Sound – Your Love is Evol
The Third Sound have recently released their new single ‘Your Love Is Evol’ and announced their fifth album, First Light, set for release 27 August via Fuzz Club Records. Led by The Brian Jonestown Massacre guitarist, the Icelandic musician Hákon Aðalsteinsson, The Third Sound are a Berlin-based band that deal in a hypnotic blend of …