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Say Psych: News: Brian Jonestown Massacre announce two new albums and share track ‘Hold That Thought’
Brian Jonestown Massacre will release the two new albums in 2018; the first of which, Something Else, has been scheduled for release on A Recordings on 1st June, on 180grm white vinyl and digital download. The album was recorded and produced at Anton Newcombe’s Cobra Studio in Berlin. The second album of 2018 which is self-titled …
Say Psych: Album Review: Die Wilde Jagd – Uhrwald Orange
Die Wilde Jagd released their debut album three years ago when Philipp teamed up with producer Ralf Beck (Nalin & Kane, Unit 4). Beck remains an important influence on the new LP, co-producing and mixing the tracks (joined by Australian producer Kris Baha in the final mixing process), as well as utilising his collection of …
Track: Mouse on Mars – Foul Mouth featuring Amanda Blank, Zach Condon
Berlin duo Mouse on Mars, aka Andi Toma and Jan St. Werner, are preparing to release their new album, Dimensional People on April 13th through Thrill Jockey records. Following on from the release of the lead single ‘Dimensional People III’ featuring Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, new track Foul Mouth features Amanda Blank and Zach Condon …
Track: The History of Colour TV – Wreck
Out right now is Wrecks, the new single from Berlin based trio The History of Colour TV, taken from their third album Something Like Eternity. Recorded in France with Peter Deimel (The Wedding Present, Shellac, The Ex) at the legendary Black Box Recording Studio, Wreck is a departure for the band – as they’ve adopted …
Say Psych: Album Review, Phantom of Liberty by Camera
Camera are a band who I have always had high regard for, something that seems to grow with each of their releases. If the band’s previous album ‘Remember I Was Carbon Dioxide‘ marked a move towards a more electronic sound, then ‘Phantom of Liberty’ further completes the move. Furthermore, it also broadens out the band’s …
Say Psych: Album Review, Mantra Music by Megaritual
One of the comments that I often make in this blog is something along the lines of “I can’t believe that only 2/3 people are making all this great noise”. With Megaritual I need to go a stage further because this album is the work of just one man, Australian multi-instrumentalist Dale Walker (also member of …
Say Psych: Album Review, Lee Van Cleef s/t
I have often found that some of the best music comes out of nowhere. From chance meetings, or unusual situations which present themselves to musician and inspire them. Great music, then, can be fortuitous in its foundation; but takes the vision and skill of the musicians in question to then carry it through. Such a …
Album Review: Tau – Tau Tau Tau
Tau, a shifting and fluid collaborative project consisting of Sean Nunutzi (Dead Skeletons/Admiral Black) and Gerald Pasqualin (Pink Rays/Admiral Black) are set to release their much anticipated debut LP Tau Tau Tau on 9th September 2016 via Fuzz Club Records. Nunutzi was inspired to create the project know known as Tau after being lead on …
Track: JATA – Ebony
If you’ve not yet wrapped your ears round Berlin-based producer Jata, you’re in for a treat. The former hip-hop DJ and University Jazz student showed he had a knack of writing elector earworms with his last EP, Bells, and from his new one, the slightly unimaginatively titled Bells 2 EP, he’s released ‘Ebony’. The track …
EP: Marco Bernardi – Spacejam
Out on July 28th via Berlin based Klasse Recording comes the new EP from Glasgow born, Bristol based producer Marco Bernardi. Titled Spacejam, it’s the third in the labels WRECKS series, following on from Phran ‘Bad Format’ that has picked up heavy hitting nods love from the likes of Mr G, John Osborne, DVS1 and …