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Track: The Rare Occasions – Physics, plus US tour dates
Los Angeles four piece The Rare Occasions are preparing for the release of their new album ‘Into the Shallows’ which drops on May 25th. Ahead of it, they’ve released a new track from the album ‘Physics’ and announced a string of US tour dates. Physics is this twisting Arctic Monkey-ish indie rock affair, spewing out …
Track: AKA Wolves – Wanna Get(ft. The Glitter Club)
Los Angeles producer AKA Wolves has been doing a lot of work behind the scenes in the last couple of years, writing and producing music with the likes of Deorro, Lostboycrow, Bell Saint and Leeuw. It’s his turn to shine now though, and he’s released his debut single, Wanna Get (featuring The Glitter Club) which …
Track: Frankie and the Witch Fingers – Tea, plus UK dates
L.A.’s Frankie And The Witch Fingers share new single ‘Tea’ Raving rock maniacs Frankie and the Witch Fingers are back with a potent dose of “Tea,” the storming b-side of a new 7″ due in May from Let’s Pretend—three hundred lavender-vinyl copies only! Starts like Black Sabbath, then overdrives right into “Black To Comm”—why play …
Say Psych: Video: Moaning – Tired
LA’s Moaning have released new video for track ‘Tired’ from their forthcoming self titled debut album released on Sub Pop Records on 2nd March. Director of the video Ambar Navarro had this to say; “”Behind closed doors we experience a series of strange stories: A house catches fire, a giant hamster takes a bath, and …
Track: Teenage Wrist – Dweeb
“That song and the record in general in my mind is about growing up and realizing that the world around you isn’t necessarily the one that you thought it would be,” says Teenage Wrist’s guitarist/vocalist Marshall Gallagher of their new track Dweeb, taken from the bands forthcoming debut album. It’s this melancholic but melodic track, …
See: Moaning release new video for Artificial
Taken from the forthcoming self-titled debut album from Los Angeles post-punk three piece Moaning, due out on March 2nd via the legendary Sub Pop label, Artificial is a staccato, angular song, driven by the drums and given this sense of anxiety by the sourness of the guitar chords at the beginning, before the chorus -soaked …
Track: Sure Sure – Giants
We’re suckers for the sort of track that grabs you in the feels and spews melody all over your ears, so Los Angeles experimental pop quartet Sure Sure’s new single Giants is right up our street. Stripped back to acoustic guitar, tambourine and basic beats, it’s so exuberant and joyous it wouldn’t matter if the …
Say Psych: News: L.A. Witch announce European tour & share new video
After releasing their debut self titled LP earlier this year via Suicide Squeeze Records, Californian trio L.A. Witch share a new video and announce a European tour for Spring 2018. Shot in the Californian desert, the ‘Drive Your Car’ video matches the personality and sound of the band perfectly, director Allie Lane explains, “With the video I wanted to evoke …
Say Psych: News: Spindrift’s ‘The West’ Vinyl Release & European Tour
Hailing from Los Angeles, California, Spindrift have just kicked off a month long European tour, starting at the Almeria Western Film Festival in Taberna, Spain. They premiered Spindrift: Ghost Of The West; the bands feature-length, surrealist ghost town documentary/musical, with an added live performance by the band. The film will then become available via Vimeo …
Say Psych: Album Review: L.A. Witch – L.A. Witch
Rating: 8/10 L.A. Witch, who’s name is a partial misnomer, hail from Los Angeles but do not partake in any sort of witchcraft, unless you class creating soundscapes of hazy Californian nights many years prior to their birth. This ability to conjure a specific time and place through their sound has ensured increasing support and …