psych tracks
Track: Flamingods – Majesty, plus UK tour dates
Hot on the heels of the release of their album Majesty, which dropped on Soundway records back in June, Psych rockers Flamingods have released the title track and album opener as a new single. Kamal Rasool from the London five piece explains the track as “Majesty is soaked in Eastern Mysticism; the idea that we …
Tracks: Jenny Hval – Period Piece
Norwegian singer-songwriter Jenny Hval continues to plough her left-field approach in the lead up to her new album Blood Bitch, out via Sacred Bones on September 30th, with a new single Period Piece also available through the Adult Swim Singles Program for free download (head over to AdultSwim.com/singles). Period Piece shuffles forward and back, blurring …
EP: The Wands – Faces EP
Hailing from Copenhagen, The Wands are Denmark’s finest psychedelic offering and release their new EP Faces on Fuzz Club Records this week. This composition channels hallucinogenic psych immortalised in the Nuggets series, tinged with eastern inspired acid rock. Created by lifelong friends Christian Skibdal and Mads Gräs, they reached cult like status with the release …
EP: My Invisible Friend – My Invisible friend
My Invisible Friend are the latest addition to the enviable roster belonging to Fuzz Club Records. Based out of Parma, Italy, the noise pop trio are set to release their self-titled EP on 19th September. Opener ‘Eyes’ presents full on fuzz from the get-go with haze laden lyrics drifting to and from the surface. Whilst …
Track: Club Kuru – Tonight
London five piece Club Kuru have been rocking the changes recently with a new line up and a shift in direction. Initially signalled by Radio 1 and 6Music approved single ‘Not for me’, they’ve followed it up with another single, Tonight, which is out on your usual download stores tomorrow (Friday). There’s something of the …
Track: The Orange Kyte – Inside Out n’ Upside Down
Vancouver’s Stevie Moonboots is on a freak-out mission, via his project The Orange Kyte. It’s an umbrella of shifting collaborators from the Canadian psych scene, which since the start of this year, has released a single a month, this being the latest offering. Orange sunshine fuzz guitars and lysergic hammond organs compliment his Dylan-esque rasp, …
Track: Saint Agnes – Sister Electric
The Devil has the greatest tunes, but he relies on his disciples to deliver. Born beneath a lightening strewn sky in a cemetery at midnight (-it’s true. Read this.) Saint Agnes’ offer up a tune more than fitting for the godforsaken roadhouse you’ll find at the crossroads way out in the middle of the Badlands. Let …
EP Review: Two Skies – When the Storm Hits
Two Skies will release their new EP When the Storm Hits on 15th April. The release will come via Sister 9 Recordings and will be the bands sixth release. Formed in Sheffield, Two Skies were driven together by a mutual love of ethereal noises and powerful trippy groves. Their laden grooves are influenced by late …
Track: Goat – I sing in silenc, plus Tour Dates
By Ryan J Weaver Goat announces new 7″: I Sing In Silence, they are here again with a more tempered and drawn out sound. This is them cooled off from their thrashing to the head with folk-fuzz balls of worldly theatrics and psychedelic fusions of mysterious quests through time, this is their aural sabbatical. They …
Say Psych: Track, RMFTM/ White Hills split.
If you’re reading this it is more likely than not that you will be aware of what is broadly known as the ‘psych’ scene. This is a broad and ultimately undefinable musical niche which is both global and, despite its ineffability, is strangely distinct. Problematic as this is it is a useful hook on which …