We have a rolling shoegaze thread, a rolling dance (or whatever) thread, a rolling jazz thread, a rolling ambient thread, a rolling indie pop thread, and a rolling hip hop thread - so it’s about time we had a rolling psych thread.
The first wave of bands have been announced for the Liverpool Psych Fest.
Black Angels, Songhoy Blues, Laetita Sadier, Loop, Adrian Sherwood, Wolf People, The Comet is Coming, Bitchin’ Bajas, Sex Swing, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, and many many more.
There’s definitely a degree psychedelia in them, though their new one is probably more influenced by trashy film soundtracks. I’m not sure they fit into any one category so they may as well go here.
I’ve been listening to the new Blown Out record a lot, which is predictably excellent. Mike Vest seldom disappoints. And the Flowers Must Die album on Rocket is really good in a bizarro disco-psych sort of way. That’s not out for a while though.
Liverpool Psych Fest looks incredible as ever but I’ll have to miss it due to being permaskint.
Grails definitely counts. Not so sure about the new record as a whole though; I like it, but their crossover with their Lilacs & Champagne sideproject leads to a sound that sounds like fragments of even better songs.
It took a while to grow on me. I think listening to Emil Amos’ Drifter’s Sympathy podcast* helped - I enjoyed listening through his influences and piecing it all together. It is very Lilacs & Champagne but I love that stuff too so I don’t mind so much.
*The even numbered episodes anyways. I’m not so keen on the weird semi-autobiographical story stuff.
new Temples is out. Some accusations of Currents-isms, and while I can hear where people might make the connection, it feels a bit more true to psych rock rather than an awkward Psych-ish 80s Pop mix.
