Psych
Track: Flamingods – Majesty, plus UK tour dates
Hot on the heels of the release of their album Majesty, which dropped on Soundway records back in June, Psych rockers Flamingods have released the title track and album opener as a new single. Kamal Rasool from the London five piece explains the track as “Majesty is soaked in Eastern Mysticism; the idea that we …
Premiere: Junkyard Liberty – Crazy Bones
Wrong Way Records are proud to present Junkyard Liberty, a psychedelic folk rock six-piece based in France who draw influence from the likes of Jefferson Airplane, The Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan and Buddy Holly. With a politically loaded name which will resonate with many, they were born out of the partnership of songwriters David Fitzgerald …
Album Review: Matt Berry – The Small Hours
Matt Berry has is someone who has stealthily raised his reputation in the music industry in recent years without the wider world really noticing, slowly but surely increasing his audience size by word of mouth, putting out a new album every year since 2013 and playing rapturously received gigs. While The Small Hours hasn’t received …
Say Psych: Playlist 19/2016
Reviewing a couple of Swedish-related albums over the last week (Drakkar Nowhere and Centralstödet) reminded me of how many great bands have come from that country in the past. Here are fifteen that I thought of off the top of my head, with apologies to the many more great ones that I could have included. Enjoy! …
Tracks: Jenny Hval – Period Piece
Norwegian singer-songwriter Jenny Hval continues to plough her left-field approach in the lead up to her new album Blood Bitch, out via Sacred Bones on September 30th, with a new single Period Piece also available through the Adult Swim Singles Program for free download (head over to AdultSwim.com/singles). Period Piece shuffles forward and back, blurring …
Say Psych: Album Review, Hjärndimma by Centralstödet
Centralstödet is yet another band that is new to me, and yet another band from Sweden that has just blown me away as soon as I heard it. Hailing from Gothenburg it is a four-piece, comprising Ulrik Lindblom and Daniel Johansson (guitar), Joni Huttunen (bass), and Jonas Fredlund, (drums). I think its fair to say that, as much …
See: Tempesst reveal video for Broke Down Blues, plus tour dates
If perfect pop tunes, soaked in wooze (surely the root of woozy, right) and sprinkled with a little summer haze is your listening bag, then Broke Down Blues – the new single from a band based around Australian twins now residing in East London and working under the moniker Tempesst, is going to be your …
Say Psych: Album Review, Drakkar Nowhere.
One of the most instant tracks that I have heard this year has been Drakkar Nowhere’s ‘Higher Now’. I instantly put it on one of my playlists, and hoped that it would be representative of the album as a whole. That was nearly two months ago and the fear, of course, was that something that …
Psych Insight: Premiere, Shivers by Kill West
Very exciting news, because here is the first new track from Buenos Aries band Kill West since its very well received 2015 ‘Smoke Beach’ album. This new track, ‘Shivers’, is part of a new EP entitled ‘Raw Desire’, which is being released jointly by Argentina’s Crang Records, and the UK’s Drone Rock Records (who debuted …
Say Psych: Meurtos reveal new video for Ballroom Spritzer
Muertos are a trio who draw their energy from the darker side of life. Fronted by the formidable dual attack of DeAnna Avis – the girl with roots in Querétaro, Mexico and Marc Crane – the boy from Basildon, Essex. Muertos draw influence from the darker end of the freakbeat and garage psych scenes, delivering …