Psych
Say Psych: Helios Rising by Moths and Locusts
I only came across Moths and Locusts earlier this year when I heard the band’s first album from 2013, ‘Mission Collapse in the Twin Sun Megaverse’, quite by chance after pushing on a conversation between two friends on social media. Initially thinking from the title that it would be some sort of straight space rock …
Premiere: The Froot ’67 – Chaos Theory
Harking back to a time when the world was preparing to tune in and drop out, Froot ’67 – ‘Chaos Theory’ is an unabashed psych infused rock trip down nostalgia way. Tinged with influences form Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd and The Doors, bass player and vocalist Stevie explains the theory behind the song – “Chaos Theory …
Track: Club Kuru – Tonight
London five piece Club Kuru have been rocking the changes recently with a new line up and a shift in direction. Initially signalled by Radio 1 and 6Music approved single ‘Not for me’, they’ve followed it up with another single, Tonight, which is out on your usual download stores tomorrow (Friday). There’s something of the …
See: The Cult of Dom Keller – Broken Arm of God
Latest single from The Cult of Dom Kellar boldly steps into the dark to bring a tune that should be equally appealing to the leather clad, sunglasses after dark goths as it is the more discerning psilocybin fueled psychonauts. “We wanted it to sound like a volcano giving birth to an atomic bomb. It has bass and …
Say Psych: Live Review, Karma Fest IV – Eiger Studios, Leeds 29.05.16
The Eiger Studios, perched on the outskirts of town, provided a more than suitable base camp for Karma Leeds fourth annual love in. The venue is lit with the liquid lights of Melt Trip who did a sterling job ensuring that the optical side of things remained tuned into the sonic side of things. Add to …
Premiere: Radar Men From The Moon – Subversive II: Splendour of the Wicked
Dutch art collective Radar Men from the Moon thrust forward their new LP Subversive II: Splendour of the Wicked on 10 June, their fourth release on Fuzz Club Records and we’re delighted to provide you with the premiere. The quartet who approach music as avant-garde exploration have fashioned their own genre, which is affectionately being …
See: Wesley Fuller releases new video for Runaway Renee
If you liked Melvista, Wesley Fuller’s singalong, clap along indie rock belter, then it’s not going to take much for you to fall for follow up Runaway Renee, taken from his forthcoming debut EP, due out on the 1965 imprint. Fuller himself explains the ideas behind the song as “The song came about one hot, …
New Music: Rafi Bookstaber – We Can Find a Way
Rafi Bookstaber is part of the US folk/psyche scene, on NY label Woodsist (who have their own festival in Big Sur) and part of the LA P.R. roster Force Field (Ariel Pink). He’s got an album coming out on the first of July – ‘Late Summer’, and this is the first available track. It’s a …
Track: The Orange Kyte – Inside Out n’ Upside Down
Vancouver’s Stevie Moonboots is on a freak-out mission, via his project The Orange Kyte. It’s an umbrella of shifting collaborators from the Canadian psych scene, which since the start of this year, has released a single a month, this being the latest offering. Orange sunshine fuzz guitars and lysergic hammond organs compliment his Dylan-esque rasp, …
Track: Psycho Comedy – One
Although they formed less than a year ago, Liverpool Psychedelic five-piece Psycho Comedy are already beginning to make waves, having recently played sets at Liverpool Sound City and festEVOL. Last Friday they released their rebut single ‘One’, produced by Gil Norton, who in the past has worked with the likes of The Pixies and Foo …