“Interlopers” is the new single from The Megaphonic Thrift’s new album “Sun Stare Sound”. Proving that the festival’s international sobriquet is no idle boast, The Megaphonic Thriftcontinue the rich tradition of Scandinavian psychedelia that has been a feature of previous PZYK incarnations. Hailing from Bergen, Norway, the quartet specialize in a driving sonic assault that tests the outer limits of psych pop. At one recent gig, the NME described The Megaphonic Thrift’s output as “face-meltingly intense”.
“Interlopers” is the new single from The Megaphonic Thrift’s new album “Sun Stare Sound”. bring their seedy kaleidoscopic disco to Psych Fest this year,
The Megaphonic Thrift is composed of four Norwegians from Bergen, a rainy scenic city on the west coast of Norway. Joining forces with the collective desire to create a new sonic adventure, Richard Myklebust, Linn Frøkedal (The Low Frequency in Stereo), Fredrik Vogsborg (Casiokids) and Njål Clementsen (The Low Frequency in Stereo) created The Megaphonic Thrift. They have been described as a “Master class in sonic terrorism” and a “trashing, sciatica-shock assault on noise rock” by Drowned in Sound, and acclaimed for being “Face-meltingly intense” by NME.
The band released their debut album “Decay Decoy” in March 2011 on the UK label Club AC30. The album achieved universal acclaim and received very good reviews in multiple blogs and magazines. In March 2012 the band released their second and self titled album. “The Megaphonic Thrift” received hugely positive reviews on multiple music blogs and influential publications, nationally and internationally.
The Megaphonic Thrift is also renowned for their energetic live shows. they set up a perfectly tuneful song, then carefully unravel it strand by melodic strand– all in about four minutes. The result is a surge of scribbly, dissonant guitars, propelled by a percussive bass line and drumbeat that punishes the hi-hat and cymbals.”
The band has several European and North-American tours behind them, and has amongst other things performed at SXSW, CMJ, The Great Escape, PopKomm and Roskilde, as well as several support shows for Dinousaur Jr, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Band of Horses and A Place to Bury Strangers.
The Megaphonic Thrift has just finished the recording of their third full length LP together with producer Jørgen Træen (Kings of Convenience, Jaga Jazzist, Motorpsyho) in renowned Duper studio. The album is to be released by YAP Records (Datarock, Noxagt, Ungdomskulen) in the autumn of 2014.
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