Psych
See: Mien reveal new video for Black Habit, plus new album news
Taken from their forthcoming self-titled debut album on Rocket Recordings, psych-krautrock supergroup Mien have released a new video for the single Black Habit. The band, comprised of The Black Angel’s Alex Maas, The Horror’s Tom Furse, Elephant Stone’s Rishi Dhir and The Earlies’ John-Mark Lapham, are due to make their live debut at the Levitation …
Track: Whyte Horses – Empty Words
After scoring a first play on Lauren Laverne’s 6Music show, Mancunian psych-pop band Whyte Horses have now released the titled track ‘Empty Words’ from their forthcoming album as a new single. The album, a collection of sixteen stories about love and fear and all that lives between, is out on March 9th via CRC Records, …
See: Thick Syrup reveal new video for Heavy Syrup
Leeds (well at least partly) garage/psych rockers Heavy Syrup are about to released their debut album, iving In Leeds, out via Nottingham label Gringo Records (Hookworms, Sauna Youth, That Fucking Tank, Part Chimp). From it they’ve released a new video for the track Heavy Syrup, a heavy, driving slabl of garage psych thats full of …
See: Robyn Hitchcock releases new video for ‘Autumn Sunglasses’ plus UK tour dates
Prior to a UK tour comprising of two shows with a full live band, LA Squires, followed by an extensive string of solo acoustic shows around the country, Robyn Hitchcock releases a video for the song ‘Autumn Sunglasses’. Taken from last year’s self-titled album,and recorded in Nashville, it’s a slice of strings-driven dreamy psychedelia. The Ex-Soft Boy, …
Say Psych: Album Review: Reverb Conspiracy Volume 5
Rating: 9/10 Fuzz Club Records, the London based label with an unmatched knack for tapping into international waters to discover fresh sounds to add to their vast, hefty back-catalogue of countless album releases, split singles and live sessions. Acting as a crucial catalyst for the trans-national psych scene and its many surrounding remits, one of the …
Say Psych: Video Premiere: Dreamweapon – Monte da Virgem
Portugal’s Dreamweapon today announce that they will be releasing their new LP SOL on Fuzz Club Records on 16th February, to go with the announcement they have released the track ‘Monte da Virgem’ and BSM is honoured to provide you with the premiere of the video which accompanies the track. The band’s name comes from …
Album Review: King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard – Polygondwanaland
God forbid I use this phrase – but the new King Gizzard album in execution is a happening. Believe me, I want to punch myself in the stomach when I wrote that. But it’s very much a statement that sums up exactly what the Australian band have created with this album. Their grandiose gesture of …
Say Psych: Video Exclusive: The Oscillation – Paranormal Non-Activity
In autumn last year, Wrong Way Records put single ‘Evil in the Tree’ out by London outfit The Oscillation. Music videographer Julian Hand has long been associated with the band and BSM are delighted to present the worldwide exclusive of the video he has put together for B-Side ‘Paranormal Non-Activity’. The track was written, recorded …
Say Psych: Introducing: Bazooka
Athens’ basement psychedelic rock outfit Bazooka have sprung to attention recently with the release of their new EP Zougla (Jungle) released on Inner Ear Records. Bazooka are here to broaden your musical horizons through empowered psychedelia which maintains a raw, infectious energy. Formed in 2008, in Volos, Greece Bazooka are made up of singer/guitarist Xanthos …
Say Psych: Track Review: The Creature Comfort – What We Want (Power, Corruption & Lies)
Rating: 7/10 Manchester’s The Creature Comfort have recently put out their first release in four years, the single ‘What We Want (Power, Corruption & Lies) which was recorded at the band’s base, Blueprint Studios Manchester, also used by the likes Elbow, Gorillaz and Bjork and was mixed by Fred Kindt. The eye-catching cover art is …