DREAMWAVE is a quartet from Bristol that originally found each other in Brighton due to shared preferences. After a few singles, their first EP is now ready. “Dreamwave And The Mindcave” (Velvet Echoes) is a highly recommended release. The “Hidden Sun” single was once a teaser, and at that time,…
Category: Psych Rock
Review: The Third Sound – Most Perfect Solitude
After “First Light,” touring, and the Fuzz Club Sessions, Hákon Aðalsteinsson felt it was time to give his project The Third Sound a fresh start. The Berlin-based band has previously thrived on dark psych rock and stoic post-punk. The new album, “Most Perfect Solitude” (Fuzz Club), their sixth overall, does…
Review: Writhing Squares – Mythology
With the 2021 monster “Chart For The Solution,” Writhing Squares had already said a lot. So, how to proceed from there? Daniel Provenzano and Kevin Nickles retreated to a basement in New Jersey, experimenting in their new studio. The result, “Mythology” (Trouble In Mind), gathers the shards, trying to build…
Album Taster: GNOD – Spot Land
Quiet is the new loud: GNOD are taking it a bit easier for their latest release after some very intense outputs in the past. At least, that’s the preliminary information about “Spot Land” (Rocket Recordings), which will be released on May 31st. The Brits are sharing a preview of the…
New EP: Population II – Serpent Échelle
From Population II, we’ve already received several releases that took quite different paths within the realm of psych rock. Sometimes they leaned towards prog, other times they rocked more boldly. The new EP “Serpent Échelle” (Bonsound) also attempts something new. The band from Québec gets deeply entangled in mystical sounds…
Video: Color Green – Four Leaf Clover
Color Green cultivate Californian-style psych rock. Catchy, pleasant, yet ethereal. On July 12, the second album of the now expanded to a quartet band from Los Angeles will be released. “Fool’s Parade” (New West) features guest appearances by Tomas Dolas (Osees) and The Nude Party. We also find influences from…