Psych
Say Psych: Track Review: The Watchmakers – Clover
Manchester’s neo-psychedelic group The Watchmakers are back after a longer than planned hiatus with ‘Clover’. Having previously gained radio play and recognition from the likes of major radio networks like Xfm (now Radio X), invited to play a BBC Showcase where BBC 6 Music recommended them as ‘ones to watch’, music publications such as the NME and playing numerous festivals including Isle Of Wight, …
Say Psych: Track Review: The Vacant Lots – Into The Depths (Cold Cave Deep Speed Remix)
Brooklyn’s The Vacant Lots have released a Cold Cave remix of ‘Into The Depths’, originally lifted from their highly acclaimed third LP Interzone, which is getting its second pressing via Fuzz Club Records. Released last Summer and long sold-out, Interzone saw glowing praise from Iggy Pop and Henry Rollins (who played the band on their …
Say Psych: Video: Nice Biscuit – Candle
Whilst Brisbane psych-peddlers Nice Biscuit celebrate the release of their brand-new EP Create Simulate via Believe Digital, they have also revealed their new video for the track ‘Candle’, the follow-up to last years ‘Fem Chem’. Singer Billie Star explains that “this track mourns the loss of core knowledge destroyed by the killing and oppression of countless women during the …
Track: DJINN release details of new album; hear ‘Love Divine’
AN AMALGAM of Goat and Hills members, two of the multitude of unique, almost fantastical Swedish psych bands, DJINN recently released a new track “Love Divine”, which features on upcoming album Transmission. This follows swift consecutive releases: their self-titled album in 2019 and the Avant de Servir cassette, released on Swedish label Zeon Recordings last …
NEWS: Ty Segall and Cory Hanson issue ‘She Is A Beam’ 10″ on Drag City; hear the lead track
CAST your mind back to the good old days of 2015. Y’know, gigs, pints, going anywhere. Good times. We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto. Way back then, fuzzmeister Ty Segall and fellow psychester Cory Hanson were burning up a little creative time together, jamming out and totally in the zone, delighting in what they were …
ALBUM REVIEW: The Telescopes – ‘Songs Of Love And Revolution’: sexy, sleazy psych set
No Fender Jazzmasters or Vox Teardrops were likely harmed during the course of this record, but many are reported to have emerged bruised, sweat-slicked and smiling. Dirty, sexy and necessary
SEE: Khruangbin release video for ‘Dearest Alfred’ – and a Knxwledge mix, too
MORDECHAI, Khruangbin’s stunning third album from last summer, set the seal on their position in the music world; a critically adored brew of psych, funk, disco, dub and global influences, it was seriously great. Seriously great. Theyve taken a slight return to one of Mordechai’s most emotive tracks, “Dearest Alfred,” a track we noted our …
Say Psych: Video: Venus Furs – New Inspiration
Canadian psych-gazer, Paul Kasner AKA Venus Furs has recently released a new video for ‘New Inspiration’. Directed by Justis Krar of IMMV Productions, who has previously worked with Zoon and Mundy’s Bay, Krar says: I wanted to present the visuals as a relation to both the lyrical tone and musical tone of the song. Heavily affected …
Say Psych: Track: Saccades – Islands Past
Saccades, the solo project of The KVB’s Nicholas Wood, is today announcing the Flowing Fades LP and sharing the first single, ‘Islands Past’, the LP is set for release on Fuzz Club Records on 9 April. Where Wood’s work in The KVB trades in minimalist post-punk/coldwave, the Manchester-based artist’s solo material under the Saccades moniker …
Say Psych: Track: The Lucid Dream – CHI-03
The Lucid Dream have this week announced the release of their fifth LP, The Deep End due out 2 April on Holy Are You Recordings. With the announcement, comes the release of lead single ‘CHI-03’; a track born out of listening to late 80s hip hop records on a loop before allowing the 303 to take on the co-lead vocal role, alongside the sampler. …