“What is the album about? It’s a calling card for who we were and how we felt. There is a basic thread of loneliness and a certain angst for being on the outside looking in…not really accepted and being left out, and in some ways turning that into a very powerful thing. It fueled us.
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Magic Castles Sun Reign Is Serene Droning Psych Folk Rock
The music is dreamy psych rock with 60s garage, 90s alternative rock, shoegaze and folk rock sounds. Driven by guitar chords, washy reverb vocals and warm humming organs to give the album a positive feel with simple melodies backed by dynamic shifting chords. The album titled insinuates a sunny disposition but the album has a feeling of distance that is illuminated by airy vintage tones.
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Get Lost in the Psychedelic Soundscapes of David Turel’s “Reflections”
Reflections is the second release from Lansing, Michigan-based songwriter David Turel, and his first full length album for Lolipop Records. From the first moments of the album’s opening track “My Giza,” you know you are in for something special – an atmospheric listening experience that will transport you to another place entirely. The organs fade in and begin to slide around in pitch, a vocal soaked in reverb echoing similar pitch slides, before an insistent, pulsing rhythm comes in to drive the song forward. The drums and bass are locked in together perfectly, and everything else floats around them in a purposefully loose sort of way. It’s a brief but…
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Black Heart Death Cult’s Sonic Mantras Is Heavy, Dark & Fresh
Sonic Mantras has droning buzzsaw fuzz guitars, vintage organs, echoing vocals, space rock tones and the occasional use of the sitar. The album is dark and brooding with European psych influences. This album establishes the band as one of the most exciting new acts in the psychedelic rock scene from Australia. Sonic Mantras continues their evolution toward a dark and heavier sound that includes influences not often heard in the genre.
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Sonic Boom Sets the Standard For Psych Music Production
Sonic Boom, Peter Kember's latest album has brilliant production and sound design. Sonic Boom has worked with many bands including MGMT, Yo La Tango, Beach House, Panda Bear, Moon Duo, Wooden Shjips, The Vacant Lots, and more. The latest album Almost nothing Is Nearly Enough has catchy songwriting and world class production that must be heard.
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Danny Rose: “Hard Times a-Comin,’”
“What the world needs now is another folk singer, like I need a hole in my head.” Great song, and maybe Cracker was right when the band released “Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)” in 1992. But today, the world d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y needs another folk singer. And Danny Rose is just the right thumb-in-society’s eye troubadour for these times. The 25-year-old folk singer/songwriter from Brisbane, Australia, has studied the style — and look — of early ’60s folkies like an honor student. He cites Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie and Phil Ochs as major influences. But he doesn’t need to tell us that. Just listen to his rhythmic acoustic guitar strums,…
