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ALBUM REVIEW: ARLO PARKS ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’
…far from channelling the swirling rivers of turbulent backgrounds for inspiration, as many do, somehow she has created energy, power, message and depth out of still waters…
Say Psych: Track Review: Shame – Nigel Hitter
Shame have recently shared their new single ‘Nigel Hitter’, a track taken from their long-anticipated new album Drunk Tank Pink. Alongside, the band have shared a Maxim Kelly directed video which repurposes archival footage from old research centres on the development of children. Using deepfake technology, the babies start to lip sync along with the song, while the …
Say Psych: News: Stereolab announce Electrically Possessed [Switched On Volume 4]
Stereolab have announced the arrival of Electrically Possessed [Switched On Volume 4], the fourth addition to their Switched On series with single ‘Dimension M2’. This new volume will be released via Warp Records and Duophonic UHF Disks on 26 February. Following on from the first volume released in 1992, 1995’s Refried Ectoplasm, and 1998’s Aluminum Tunes, the long-awaited fourth installment spans 1999 – 2008 in …
Say Psych: Album Review: The Confederate Dead – Infinite Expansion
London based five piece The Confederate Dead are a reverb drenched offering that bring forward songs of colour and death. They have a high output rate, releasing five LPs since 2012, and their latest offering Infinite Expansion makes it six. They have influences ranging from sixties psychedelia to Islamic prayer and back to neo/psych drone …
Say Psych: Track Review: October and The Eyes – Playing God
New Zealand-born, London-based singer & songwriter October and the Eyes is sharing her new single & video ‘Playing God’ which is taken from her upcoming debut EP Dogs and Gods, scheduled for 20 November via KRO Records. Speaking about the new single, October explained “‘Playing God’ is about the innate human desire for power and control but also our ability …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Farma Beats
In 2018, Brooklyn spitter Rome Streetz released one of the best collections of hip hop that year, Street Pharmacy. The album is filled with hard-hitting street stories, told with precision and skill, a cautionary tale that expressed some hard truths and offered some hard-won wisdom. Streetz is a skillful raconteur, but the album also featured …
SEE: the lyric video for Stats’ ‘Naturalise Me’; album news
STATS is the nom-de-musique of London-based, Welsh-raised Ed Seed, who’s paid his musical dues touring the world with Dua Lipa. Elsewhere, once safely installed inside his Stats persona, he’s released a lovely LP of verry funky synthpop in early 2019, Other People’s Lives, which picked up plaudits from none-huger names such as Elton John. That …
Say Psych: News: The Oscillation Re-Press Droneweapon and Share New Video
Following the tragic news last week that Tom Relleen of The Oscillation, Tomaga and most recently Autotelia had died, leaving behind him a wonderful and inspiring legacy of music, the news that a re-press of The Oscillation’s latest offering Droneweapon was now available was music to any fans ears, particularly those who missed out first …
Say Psych: Album Review: Japanese Television – EP III
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 2018 through a shared love of fuzz boxes, Joe Meek and UFOs and together they invented “Space Surf”. Upon discovering it already existed, they reinvented …
Say Psych: Video: The Dead Zoo – Mother
London’s The Dead Zoo have recently release their debut single ‘Mother’ on Rock Noir Recordings along with a fantastic video that captures the creativity coming out of the times we are living in. Recorded and mixed from the bandmembers’ homes under COVID-19 separation, ‘Mother’ became a favourite from their live set and is sung by …