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Album Review: Smote –‘Songs From The Free House’: A striking return for the drone rock/ dark folk adventurer.

Daniel Foggin, landscape gardener, guitarist, psych folk expressionist and drone rock interpreter works relentlessly. His creative portal Smote is now five albums into its journey with the venerable Rocket Recordings,…

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Say Psych: Live Review: Our Top 5 bands of Fuzz Club Festival, Eindhoven

The annual pilgrimage to Eindhoven is a foot, those into psych and its many sub genres are heading there from all over the world for the forth edition of Fuzz…

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Say Psych: News: Fuzz Club announces first bands for 2025 Festival in Eindhoven

UK-based independent label Fuzz Club are today announcing the first wave of bands set to perform at Fuzz Club Festival 2025. Returning after a four-year hiatus this year, the two-day…

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Premiere: see the visual delights of Smote’s ‘Poleyn’

As their debut full-length on Rocket Recordings awaits release, Smote have shared the video for ‘Poleyn’, created by Rocket’s own John O’ Caroll. The track shares the album with ‘Drommon…

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Album Review: Smote – Drommon

Newcastle has been a veritable hub for a wide spectrum of psych and noise, from the raw trio of Blóm to the relentless clamour of Pigs x7; the same city’s…

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Say Psych: Interview: Meet The Label – The Weird Beard

Neo-Psychedelia has become the fastest growing musical trend, and the genre that everyone who wants to be associated with. With that in mind, it’s easy to forget that it is…

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