Psych albums
Say Psych: Album Review: Tajak – Amsterdam 211
After a string of highly successful and well attended UK dates last year, Mexico’s Tajak have been picked up by Dirty Filthy Records to offer their debut release, Amsterdam 211, a vinyl outing. Titled after the place where it was born, Amsterdam 211 is the language that Tajak has worked around their short existence as …
Say Psych: Album Review: Birth – Live In Tuscon
Birth is the project of Grant Beyachau and Nik Rayne from The Myrrors who performed as Birth for an improvisational performance in Tucson, USA. The performance was captured onto a handheld recorder which means this recording transports you right to the heart of the action with instrument leads buzz and cut out for a second …
Say Psych: Album Review: DJINN – DJINN
Neither inherently good nor evil, the DJINN have been heralded in Arab culture since the Pre-Islamic period, located somewhere on a spiritual plane between humanity and the realm of deities. A mysterious force, their influence – essential between angel and demon – has subsequently extended to mythos, religious belief and folklore far and wide, from …
Say Psych: Album Review: Flamingods – Levitation
Flamingods are a four-piece, multi-instrumental, multi-cultural band who originally met and formed in Bahrain & now call London home. The band was founded by Kamal Rasool and now consists of Rasool, Sam Rowe, Charles Prest & Karthik Poduval. The group puts a focus on exploration and experimentation, often taking influence from different cultures around the world by …
Say Psych: Album Review: Vert:X – Death to False Motorik
After the release of From Now to Now in 2017, Vert:X took a brief hiatus only to return in 2018 with a new line-up. Mainstay Neil Whitehead teamed up with Mat Handley of Pulselovers on electronics and Dave Millsop of XOND on guitar, thus ushering in a return to the noisier sound that Neil had …
Say Psych: Album Review: The Gluts – Dengue Fever Hypnotic Trip
Milan’s fast-rising noise-punks The Gluts are back with their ferocious third LP Dengue Fever Hypnotic Trip released recently on London’s Fuzz Club Records and produced bu Bob de Wit (Gnod, A Place To Bury Strangers) the album is their most challenging but determined work yet. Inspired by bassist Claudia Cesana’s recent encounter with both dengue fever …
Say Psych: Interview & Exclusive Album Stream: Centrum – För Meditation
There is definitely something in the air in Scandinavia that makes for a constant stream of fresh psychedelic talent, this week ahead of the release of their debut LP För Meditation, we caught up with members of Centrum to find out more about them and what we can expect from the album. We are also fortunate …
Say Psych: Album Review: The Janitors – 15 Years of Fuzz and Folköl
15 years ago, a night of heavy drinking resulted in the formation of The Janitors – a creative project that has been the centre of founding members Jonas and Henrik’s lives ever since. Over that time five drummers, eight percussionists and three bass players have passed through The Janitors grinder. This has ultimately resulted in …
Say Psych: Album Review: The Underground Youth – Montage Images of Lust & Fear
On 29 March, Berlin via Manchester outfit The Underground Youth will be releasing their ninth album, Montage Images of Lust & Fear, on Fuzz Club Records and has been deemed as their most sincere work in an extensive, decade-long discography from which they’ve picked up a cult following across the globe – made evident in …
Say Psych: Album Review: Los Mundos – Calor Central
Los Mundos slithers out of Monterrey, Mexico like a psychedelic serpent ready to draw blood. Undulating along riff-heavy guitar lines and fuzzed-out bass, Luis Angel Martinez and Alejandro Elizondo cut a path through psychedelia that pulls from sources as diverse as the Beach Boys, the Jesus and Mary Chain, and horror legend H.P. Lovecraft, creator of …