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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: Premiere: Fuzz Club announce Reverb Conspiracy Vol. 5 & Share 2 New Tracks from Helicon + Sekel
Fuzz Club Records announced last week that the next instalment of their annual Reverb Conspiracy compilation and BSM are pleased to provide you with the track listing for it as well as the premiere of two tracks taken from it; Helicon’s ‘The Bold Yin’ and Sekel’s ‘Bergamot’. The Reverb Conspiracy has been likened to a …
Say Psych: Live Review: Liverpool Psych Festival – Friday 22.09.2017
Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia has become known as the festival to be at for anyone interested in psychedelia, as well as being famed for touting some lesser known acts from complimenting genres. This years festival is set to be no exception, a feast for all the senses is in store. Thing’s kick off early …
Say Psych: Album Review: Juju – Our Mother Was A Plant
Rating: 9/10 JuJu is the project of Italian multi-instrumentalist Gioele Valenti who also works with Lay Llamas. Following on from his successful debut album in 2016, Valenti has teamed up with Fuzz Club Records to release second LP Our Mother Was A Plant on 22nd September, the same day he is billed to return to …
Say Psych: Psych Lovers Top Ten Albums of 2016
Psych Lovers is a Facebook group for fans of all things, well, psych; and is probably the best thing that I belong to on the internet. Even though its been in existence for less than a year many of us have got to know each other well enough to do a poll for the best new albums …
Say Psych: 25 Essential Psych Albums 2016
This is the third year that I have done a list of ‘Essential Psych Albums’ (2014 here/ 2015 here), which has proved to be the most popular thing that I post here on Backseat Mafia. I love end of year lists because they give me a great chance to catch up on things I might …
Say Psych: Playlist, 13/2016
Well we’re nearly halfway through 2016 and I thought it would be a good point to stop and reflected on some of the great albums that have already come out this year. Once again it has been a fabulous year for my sort of music so here are the fifteen albums (ok one’s a box …
Say Psych: Playlist 4/2016
This year already seems to be hotting up with new bands and new albums coming out of every cosmic orifice. Here’s another selection of Psych Insight tunes, mostly new but with a couple of older ones thrown in. As always, enjoy! Pharmakon by Dead Sea Apes I recently played the Dead Sea Apes ‘Lupus’ …
Say Psych: Album Review, JuJu by JuJu
The very existence of this album is a sad reflection of our times. JuJu is the latest incarnation of Sicily-based Gioele Valenti (Lay Llamas, Herself) who uses the ancient idea of JuJu, the designation of objects, such as amulets, and spells used ceremoniously in West Africa and broadens its to encompass a mix of rhythmic psychedelia, ancient …