I enjoy drifting back to progressive rock every so often because, even though its detractors crow on about the death of the genre, new bands like Malabriega show up and give a fresh perspective. The instrumentation reminds me of the bigger bands like Yes, but the vocals have a more Continue Reading
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Ghost – Temple Stone
In honor of my first trip to Japan, I am pleased to present you with my favorite psych album from the country. Ghost was a collective led by multi-instrumentalist Masaki Batoh. This particular album is dripping with psychedelic folk references, bringing an eerie vibe to what would have been known Continue Reading
Mental Health Food Store – Aboriginal Imaginary Magic
Yesterday, it was a soft slice of psychedelic creampuff and a tasty one at that. Today’s fare is quite a bit heavier. With Mental Health Food Store’s current release, think of it as a more electroacoustic-tinged Kraftwerk with, surprisingly, a bit of Gershon Kingsley’s Popcorn. I’d venture to say that Continue Reading
Margo Guryan – Words And Music
This has to be some of the sunniest psychedelic pop that I’ve heard since childhood! Margo Guryan is a Los Angeles-based singer whose album sounds as if it were made during the 1960s or 1970s with airy production and a soft psychedelic pop sound. As it turns out, this is Continue Reading
Trygve Seim & Andreas Utnem – Christmas Songs
Saxophonist Trygve Seim is well known to fans of the ECM Records sound, but I did not know he worked with other labels, such as Grappa Records, to produce a gorgeous disc full of Christmas music in the Nordic style. Sumptuous listening.
picnic – picnic
I am going to assume that picnic hails from Australia, as this is where their record label, Dais Art, is based. The album has a cinematic, drone-laden feel, but rather than being foreboding, it’s a very warm-sounding album. Imagine music to swim in warm waters to. Quite pleasant!
VLMV – Flora & Fauna
VLMV comes from Great Britain, where he (they?) was, like everyone during these days, heavily affected by the cursed lockdown. This album, ethereal to its core, is the soundtrack to his coming back out to the world.
Various Artists – Ruptured Sessions Vol. 1: Live at Radio Lebanon
Ruptured Sessions has produced a compilation of Lebanese folk and blues. Considering the horror happening in the region, hearing mournful folk and blues music seems appropriate. May God save Lebanon from evil.
Geräusche von Hallesches Ufer – Golden Peaches of the Sun
Geräusche von Hallesches Ufer hail from Poznań, Poland, and have a sound that is as bleak as Current 93 at their most experimental touched off with a Kosmische Musik vibe. Quite a profound listen for those into wyrd-psych music.
KABRA – The Return of the Cambrian Period
KABRA are another discovery from the near-flawless Reverse Alignment Records out of Sweden associated with our friends at Unexplained Sounds Group, themselves possessing exquisite taste when it comes to dark ambient and drone music. We know nothing about them (him, her?) except for the music, but what music it is! Continue Reading