Amen Dunes has shared a new video for the album track ‘Splits Are Parted’ and plans to embark on a run of Europen tour dates this autumn, which includes a show The 100 Club, in London. Amen Dunes was born out of a collection of songs made in the autumn of 2006 in upstate New York. They were originally personal recordings not intended for release, but after moving to China for a while, the tapes were unexpectedly released in New York.
In the words of Amen Dunes himself, aka, Damon McMahon ‘Splits Are Parted’ is “a song about always leaving and always looking back”. He performed a terrific set at Liverpool Psychedelia Festival earlier this year.
There’s a reason that the spirit of ’60s and ’70s psychedelia is alive and well across multiple contemporary music scenes today. It’s music that’s practically unparalleled not only for its embodiment of freedom and youth, yet also for its painstaking attention to a musician’s craftsmanship and skill. Perhaps this is why The Wands are often called revivalists: they seamlessly project the infectious spirit of the ’60s and ’70s. The Wands are a Danish duo composed of lifelong friends, Christian Skibdal and Mads Gräs. The Danish part is more than just a marker of their national identities: it’s an indication of the unique niche they’ve carved out for themselves within the Scandinavian psych scene. In this scene, you have neo-psych bands, and then you have The Wands a band that is truly psychedelic, precisely in the way it was meant to be in the ’60s and ’70s. This in The Wands’ ability to simultaneously conjure acidly, hazy soundscapes and straight up classic rock ’n roll, that swells with sound exhilarating rich and expansive, yet also highlights the distinct authenticity and human quality of the vocals and the instruments. http://
tripped out guitar sound with woozy organ driven psych sound with a melodic approach,
Not content with being lumped in with the Manchester current psych revival, Stockport five-piece Blossoms have opted to invent their very own sub-genre: Ethereal Nostalgic Sonance.
It’s a suitably florid, OTT description for a band clearly not lacking in imagination – the sort of imagination that might well restore your faith in guitar bands. Having first caught our attention with their stunning track Blow and natty sartorial choices (turtlenecks and jewellery a la Derek Trotter), the band take the current trend for all things psych and weld it to chiming pop classicism. There’s something of a Doors-ish mysticism about them; frontman Tom Ogden’s deep vocals twisting through woozy, lysergic melodies and guitar lines, while a distinctive organ sound further cranks up the sonorous vibes.
Amid all that artfully constructed psych haze, however, it’s the band’s winning, Merseybeat-esque pop sensibility that ultimately shines through: tracks such as Madeleine and You Pulled A Gun On Me already sounding like keystones for a 2014 psych summer of love.
The band have bagged an impressive number of supports slots recently, opening for the likes of Howling Bells, The Orwells and The Rifles, but it surely won’t be long until they’re a blockbuster, major headline draw on their own terms.
The Wands are a psychedelic rock band from Copenhagen Denmark with a new self titled album out November 3rd they are playing the Jam Cafe in Nottingham on November 10th , best described as Psychedelic Post Punk Rock with Sitar and harmonica members Christian Skibdal and Mads Gras, with British Music playing a huge part in their influences and inspiration signed to Fuzz Records. its been two years since the initial EP “Hello I Know The Blow You Grow Is Magic ”
radio presenter Greg Foreman introduces another superb episode of his radio show, Greg also plays in the band Pink Mountaintops and is also the musical director of Cat Power’s live band
Lola Colt are a psych rock band based in London, Onstage the band really come to life full of energy and vibrancy with Nick Cave band member and producer Jim Sclvanous at the desk, also check out “Saint Agnes” featuring Lola Colt band member Kitty. ” Away From The Water”
With a blend of English Folk Music . Vintage Psychedelica and Prog Rock Purson formed three years ago after Rosalie Cunningham disbanded Ipso factor there are recollections of the sound of Grace Slick and Jefferson they have been nominated as one of the top ten new bands, watch the band grow in stature over the coming months, new EP “In the Meantime” out now available on Machine Elf Records
The psychedelic Carlisle band The Lucid Dream have some shows with the legendary Clinic in liverpool and Hebdren Bridge and with a new album due out early next year and a small UK tour in the Planning,
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