psychedelic pop
Track: Dream Giant – Every Song
Dream Giant aka London based musician and producer Harry Dean, is about to release his debut album, A Different Light on 17th November via Paisley Parade Records. It’s a psychedelic tinged take on classic pop songs a la Beck and The Flaming Lips, written and produced between his colourful, tumbling down, bedroom in London and …
See: Jenny Hval’s Video for The Great Undressing (NSFW), plus tour dates
Jenny Hval kicks off 2017 in style with the mesmerising video for her captivating new single ‘The Great Undressing’. Jenny Hval’s critically acclaimed 2016 album ‘Blood Bitch’ was rightly featured on many of the big year-end lists and her live performances received similarly high praise. She has now announced more tour dates as well as …
Not Forgotten: Super Furry Animals – Rings Around the World
Rings Around the World was released to no little fanfare and received widespread acclaim back in 2001. Fifteen years after its release, it remains one of the key releases in the Super Furry Animals discography. Having signed to Sony / Epic following the collapse of Creation Records, SFA took full advantage of much-increased production and …
See: Unknown Mortal Orchestra Share “First World Problem” Video
It seems Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Ruban Nielson has gotten a fresh kick of inspiration in the form of new song “First World Problem”. The track debuted back at the end of May and seemed as if Nielson was using 2015s Multi-Love and that record’s groovy R&B-inflected vibe as the launching point for this new song. …
See: Tame Impala release new video for “The less I know the better”
It’s been a good week for Tame Impala having won 5 awards at the ARIA Awards, including album of the year and best group, adding another date at Alexandra Palace in London as part of their spring tour, and now releasing a new video for ‘The Less I know the better’, taken from their album …
Track: Hyde & Beast – Hard Times Good Times
With a new EP due for release on 24 June, Hyde & Beast bring us more of their psychedelic pop with title track Hard Times Good Times. Dave Hyde (The Futureheads) and Neil Bassett (The Golden Virgins) have continued in a similar vein as last year’s album, Keep Moving, on this single with its fuzzy …
Album Review: Gwenno – Y Dydd Olaf
It’s always tricky to review an album where the lyrics are primarily in an unknown language, especially in Gwenno’s Welsh mother tongue. Yet with ex-Pipette’s solo debut, Y Dydd Olaf, the music really speaks for itself. Branded as a concept album focusing on politics and science fiction, the album seems to shy away from its …