Psych
Say Psych: Album Review: A Place To Bury Strangers – Pinned
Pinned is the fifth studio offering from Brooklyn’s A Place To Bury Strangers who in their ten year history have garnered a reputation for releasing unique records and putting on mesmerising live performances. They have had to make some big decisions in recent years, they were in search of a new drummer who arrived in …
Say Psych: EP Review: Mildred Maude – CPA I-III
Mildred Maude are three guys from the West Country, who when left unsupervised in a studio came up with CPA I-III, recently released on The Weird Beard on limited edition pink vinyl and digital download. Having been making a name for themselves as connoisseurs of all things loud and psychedelic resulting in a stint as …
Track: Frederick the Younger – Jessica
Currently touring with Houndmouth, Louisville psych-pop band Frederick The Younger have shared ‘Jessica’, the first new song to be taken from their forthcoming album, out later in the year. The band – powerhouse vocalist Jenni Cochran, virtuosic guitarist Aaron Craker (who’s pulling double-duty playing guitar w/ Houndmouth on this tour), and their new rhythm section …
Say Psych: Track Review: Goat – Let It Burn
Rocket Recordings have announced that they will be releasing a new single by the now infamous Goat on 25th May, ‘Let It Burn’. ‘Let it Burn’ was written specifically for the climatic scene in the short film Killing Gävle, directed by Joe Fletcher. The film is about famous Gävle Goat in Sweden which every year …
SAY PSYCH: NEWS: KARMA 7th BIRTHDAY ALL DAYER
Leeds (and beyond) groove merchants, purveyors of some of the Norths finest psych/garage nights & all dayers are set to celebrate their seventh birthday in style later this month with a massive all dayer back on home turf. The Lending room at The Library Leeds see’s Karma present 12 hours of some of the finest …
Say Psych: Album Review: MIEN – MIEN
The so called super-group MIEN released their debut self-titled LP on Rocket Recordings last week too much hype and anticipation. The seeds for this collaboration were sown as long ago as 2004, when Rishi Dhir found himself in a chance encounter with Alex Maas whilst performing sitar with his former band on a bill at …
Album Review : Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s ‘Sex & Food’
Ruban Nielson, from the beginning of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, has dabbled musically in darker terrain. There’s always a sense of groove and a funky nature to the music he creates, but even on the lightest days the songs sound as if they were aged in a time capsule and then dipped in some kind of …
Say Psych: News: Black Doldrums announce single and UK tour
London duo Black Doldrums are renowned for delivering multiple layers of echo-drenched guitar and heavy relentless drums, creating their transient and euphoric dark-psych, shoegaze and continuing to astonish audiences with sounds far greater than one may assume. They have recently announced a 17 date UK tour where their performances will be certain to draw crowds. …
Say Psych: Premiere: Hund – Not Guilty
Venetians Hund have recently announced they are to release their latest album Matches on WWNBB Records on 10th May. Here are BSM we are delighted to give you the international premiere of the single ‘Not Guilty’. Hund were born in early 2014, they met among school benches in the province of Venice, Italy. One of their …
Say Psych: Album Review: Nest Egg – Nothingness Is Not A Curse
Nest Egg are a three-piece from Asheville, North Carolina and are comprised of Harvey Leisure (guitar/vocals), Ross Gentry (bass/keys) and Thom Nguyen (drums). Formed back in 2011, the band have built up a formidable reputation in the US live circuit, describing their sound as ‘mood music for nihilists’. Following a handful of tapes and singles, …