Psych
Say Psych: Video: Whyte Horses – Empty Words
Manchester’s Whyte Horses exude psychedelic pop at its finest, and no more so than in their latest track ‘Empty Words’ which received its First Play on Lauren Laverne’s 6 Music show. ‘Empty Words’ is from the band’s forthcoming second LP of the same name out on CRC Records on the 9th March. Pre-order: https://kontraband.store/crcmusic/
Say Psych: Track Review: MIEN – Earth Moon
MIEN are a new power quartet comprised of The Black Angels’ Alex Maas, The Horrors’ Tom Furse, Elephant Stone’s Rishi Dhir and The Earlies’ John-Mark Lapham. They are set to release their debut self-titled LP on Rocket Recordings on 6th April. ‘Earth Moon’ follows on from the debut track to be pulled from the LP, …
Track: Bardo Pond / Major Stars – This Inner light / S.L.T. split single
Its something of a coup for Chunklet Industries that they’ve managed to get two of the longest-standing (and best) noise/psych bands on the planet to release a split single. Both bands are touring with Chunklet’s own Henry Owings in a run of US dates that takes in Boston, Philadelphia and Brooklyn. Bardo Pond’s track is …
Say Psych: Album Review: Dreamweapon – SOL
Rating: 8/10 Portugal’s Dreamweapon take their name from the 1990 Spacemen 3 live album Dreamweapon: An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music, who themselves took inspiration from the work of minimalist drone – or ‘Dream Music’ – visionary La Monte Young and a 1965 multimedia piece titled ‘Rites of The Dreamweapon’ by original The Velvet Underground drummer …
Say Psych: News: JuJu announces European tour and video for ‘In A Ghetto’
Back in September last year, Sicilian multi-instrumentalist JuJu – the pseudonym of Gioele Valenti (Lay Llamas, Herself) released second LP Our Mother Was A Plant on Fuzz Club Records. After a run of festival appearances towards the end of last year, JuJu has now announced a full European tour in support of the new record. To coincide with …
Say Psych: Album Review: Dead Vibrations – Dead Vibrations
Dead Vibrations burst onto the booming Stockholm music scene in 2015 and have been flying the flag high for Scandinavian shoegaze ever since. Comprised of Christian Jansson (Guitar & Vocals), Elmer Hallsby (Bass), Josefin Ahlqvist Lyzwiski (Drums) and Olov Sjogren (Guitar), their dark and gloomy noise pop channelling a mix of visceral Jesus & the Mary Chain …
Say Psych: Track Review: The Men – Rose on Top of the World
‘Rose on Top of the World’ is the second single to be taken from the forthcoming album Drift, from Brooklyn based The Men. The bands seventh LP will be released on Sacred Bones records on 2nd March. Vocalist & guitarist Nick Chiericozzi said the following about the new single “‘Rose On Top Of The World’ came out …
Say Psych: Track Review: Mint Field – Quiero Otoño De Nuevo
Tijuana based duo Mint Field have released the second track to come from debut album Pasar De Las Luces this week; ‘Quiero Otoño de Nuevo’. Speaking about the new track, the girls said “this was a song we wrote on the studio, we had the principal idea, we had the lyrics but we didn’t have …
Live Review: Wand – Brudenell Social Club, 28/1/18
Given the amount of people in Leeds Brudenell last Sunday who enthusiastically raised their hands when frontman Cory Hanson asked who had been at their show the last time they came to Leeds, Wand are not a band to be missed. Certainly after an hour and a half, a packed Brudenell would attest to that, …
Say Psych: Premiere: Anthroprophh announce new album & release video ‘Dead Inside’
Anthroprophh are set to return with their third LP, OMEGAVILLE, to be released on Rocket Recordings on 30th March 2018, and BSM are honoured to provide you with an exclusive video for a track taken from the forthcoming album; ‘Dead Inside’. The video was compiled by Paul Allen, who not only appeared on the very …