Le Crowley, Author at Backseat Mafia

Say Psych: Premiere: The Oscillation – Droneweapon Phase 1

Over the duration of its lifetime, The Oscillation has come to be recognised as one of the leading lights in contemporary psychedelia. Fuelled by a restless desire to push ever…

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Say Psych: Album Review: Bo Ningen – Sudden Fictions

Meaning ‘Stick Man’ in Japanese, Bo Ningen are a London-based four-piece alternative rock band. Though they come from Gunma, Tajimi, Nishinomiya, and Tokyo in Japan, they coalesced in London. Two met…

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Say Psych: News: Japanese Television announce new EP III and share new single ‘Beecage’

Japanese Television don’t surf, but if they did, it would be on a swirling wave of reverb-drenched organ, garage-rock guitars, hypno-motorik bass and pounding, ritualistic drums. The band formed in…

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Say Psych: Album Review: The Vacant Lots – Interzone

Interzone is the third full-length album by New York’s electro post-punk duo The Vacant Lots (Jared Artaud and Brian MacFadyen): a genre-blending synthesis of dance and psych made for secluded listeners and…

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Say Psych: News: Unloved announce ‘Strange Effect/Why Not’ 7″ for 20 June #LoveRecordStores

The Emmy-winning spy show Killing Eve has concluded its third season, which, just like both seasons before, featured an abundance of Unloved tracks including new singles ‘Strange Effect’ and ‘Why Not.’ The latter first appears against a backdrop…

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Say Psych: Premiere: Autotelia – Floating Island Of The Gods

Autotelia, as originally coined by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, describes a process by which someone has a purpose in, rather than outside of themselves. Those who are autotelic depend less on…

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Say Psych: News: L.A. Witch announce new album & share track ‘I Wanna Lose’

Californian trio L.A. Witch are back with their new album Play With Fire. Packed with reverb-heavy, grunge, punk rock’n’roll, the record is set for release on 21 August via Suicide Squeeze Records. Today they’re…

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Say Psych: News: Slift unleash enthralling new live video ‘Lions, Tigers & Bears’

French space psych trio Slift are about to release their new full-length Ummon across the Atlantic Ocean this June via Vicious Circle. Today, they share a mind-blowing live footage, courtesy of Invisible Oranges.…

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Say Psych: Album Review: Sonic Boom – All Things Being Equal

It’s auspicious that Sonic Boom—the solo project and nom-de-producer of Peter Kember (Spectrum, Spacemen 3) returns in 2020 with its first new LP in three decades. Kember was drawn to…

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Say Psych: Feature: Italians Do Psych Better, Part Three

I’ve been involved in the world of psychedelia for years now, in many capacities, and certain things start to stick and draw you ever deeper; like Alice and the infamous…

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