Psych
Say Psych: Interview: Meet the Label – Blak Hand Records
Neo-Psychedelia has become the fastest growing musical trend, and the genre that everyone who wants to be associated with. With that in mind, it’s easy to forget that it is people who make all of this possible and get the music out into the public domain in the first place. Say Psych plans to address …
Say Psych: Album Review: The 99 Degree – Boot Hill Surf Club EP
Rating: 7/10 The 99 Degree have emerged from the ever expanding underground Manchester music scene, peddling a unique blend of spaghetti western inspired, surf infused psychedelia. Having garnered quite a following from their formidable live performances, they have released their debut EP Boot Hill Surf Club. Recorded at Vibe Studios, Manchester, the four track offering …
Say Psych: Album Review: Heaters – Fuzz Club Sessions
Rating: 9/10 Heaters who call Grand Rapids, Michigan home, have drawn acclaim from across the globe after rising to prominence in 2014 with their spacey, driving take on West Coast psychedelic rock. Tapping into 60s garage they build their own brand of expansive kinetic energy which swells with cosmic vibes. During a UK tour earlier …
Say Psych: EP: Phoenician Drive – Two Coins
Rating: 9/10 Phoenician Drive are the emerging talent from the Belgian scene, hailing from Brussels with their blend of oriental kraut suited perfectly to any psychedelic brain. They meet at the crossroads of Middle Eastern, North African and Mediterranean musical traditions and add elements of psychedelia to create a unique style all of their own. …
Say Psych: Album Review: White Hills – Stop Mute Defeat
Rating: 8/10 White Hills have re-evaluated their approach to creating music to incorporate the dismal reality of the current climate. Garnering a reputation for an ever evolving sound, Dave W. and Ego Sensation have unabashedly produced an industrially-charged record that pulsates unlike anything they have released before. Stop Mute Defeat is to be released on …
Say Psych: Track: Mayflower Madame – Drown
Mayflower Madame are a psychedelic orientated post-punk band from Oslo, Norway who peddle a dark, brooding sound which blends well with some of the finest sounds of the time. Comprised of Trond Fagernes (vocals/guitar), Håvard Haga (guitar), Petter Gudim Marberg (bass) and Ola Kyrkjeeide (drums), they formed formed in the dark winter of 2010 and …
Say Psych: Track: Hey Bulldog – Stranger
Hey Bulldog from Manchester, started as a spec of an idea from their front main Rob Manton (guitar and vocals), who joined forces with like minded souls Matt Parry (bass) and Ben Howarth-Lees (drums) to become an explosive act on the live circuit. Touting psychedelic enthused blues, Hey Bulldog offer their single ‘Stranger’ on Doing …
Say Psych: Album Review: The Gluts – Estasi
The Gluts have emerged from the depths of Milan to release their second LP Estasi on Fuzz Club Records. The album released on 5th May is the follow up to their debut album Warsaw which was released in 2014 and the quartet have already released a number of piercing teasers including first single ‘Squirrel’, a …
Say Psych: Premiere: The Electric Lazarus – Death Valley Sunday
Tapes are back – in a big way and Blak Hand Records are leading the way into this new era. They welcome their fifth release of 2017 with a psychedelic offering from Liverpool band The Electric Lazarus, who release their second single ‘Death Valley Sunday’ alongside an all-new recorded version of the previously released ‘Sometimes I Wonder’ and Backseat Mafia …
Premiere : Table Scraps Unleash “My Obsession”, 7″ Split with Black Mekon
Way back in the year 2015 the Birmingham garage/psych wizards Table Scraps dropped their excellent masterpiece More Time For Strangers. It was a blitzkrieg of guitar squall, hyperactive drumming, and banshee howls that could resurrect the dead and make those zombified ghouls bang their heads and pump their skeletal fists. It was a raucous example …