Psych
Say Psych: Premiere: Throw Down Bones – Two
Italy’s Throw Down Bones are something of an enigma in the experimental underground – but we hope to change that by bringing you the premiere of their second LP released tomorrow, appropriately titled Two. Since the release of their highly-praised 2015 self-titled album, they’ve picked up a notorious reputation on the European live circuit for …
Say Psych: Live Review: Strange Waves IV, Manchester 20.10.2018
Manchester promoters Strange Days and Now Wave have joined forces once more to offer a night of loosely psychedelic themed music across Manchester Academy and the Student Union. Strange Waves IV took over the two spaces and offered an eclectic mix of sounds that tickled the taste buds of many. Opening things up were Flamingods …
Track: Imperial Daze – Always Settling
Here’s a taste of something quite magnificent. Peckham’s Imperial Daze have all the swagger and attitude of seasoned indie veterans and in their new single ‘Always Settling’ they have created a brilliant instant classic. It’s an insistent, roller-coaster of a ride, throbbing synths, louche studied vocals and a pulse racing drive that thunders on. Ranging …
Say Psych: Preview: Strange Waves IV, Manchester – 20.10.2018
Manchester promoters Strange Days and Now Wave have joined forces once more to offer a night of loosely psychedelic themed music across three venues in the city on 20th October. Strange Waves IV will be taking over Manchester Academy, The Union and Big Hands to bring an international line up to the city that is …
Say Psych: Premiere: Medicine Boy – Lower
Berlin duo Medicine Boy release their second LP Lower on Fuzz Club Records tomorrow and BSM is honoured to bring you the premiere streaming. Originally hailing from Cape Town, South Africa, Andre Leo and Lucy Kruger founded the project back in 2014, self-releasing their debut EP to international acclaim. Debut LP Kinda Like Electricity was …
Say Psych: Album Review: Death Valley Girls – Darkness Rains
Rock n’ roll has always served as a means to elevate the fringe of society, though it’s accentuated the plights of the outcasts and misfits in different ways throughout the years. Today we see it manifest in LA’s Death Valley Girls, who are more like a travelling caravan than a band in the traditional sense. At …
TRACK: BLOODHOUND – FRSTRTD (FT. BROODERS)
Hull grunge trio Bloodhound unite forces with the nightmarish psychedelia of Brooders to bring us their latest single ‘FRSTRTD’. Expansive and menacing, ‘FRSTRTD’ immerses itself in a sludge of bone-grinding guitar riffs and tortured vocals; the result is commanding and visceral. The collaborators climb from a deep-set ennui, drumming up momentum, before unleashing a hellfire …
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 …
Say Psych: Premiere: Sunflowers – A Spasmatic Milkshake
September is a busy month for Sunflowers. The Portuguese band embarked this week on an extensive tour of almost two months in Europe, and not satisfied with that, bring us some more news. BSM are pleased to bring you the premiere of the video. ‘A Spasmatic Milkshake’ is the latest video that comes to us …