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Psychedelic Indie

The 80s legends, The Immaculate Crows, exude pure soul in their psych-tinged indie single, Another Day Gone By

Posted on 15 November 2022

Surrender to the pure soul in The Immaculate Crows’ latest impeccably impassioned single, Another Day Gone By, which features Jessica Shipley on lead vocals and Daphne Mae as the backing harmonist.

The melodically caressing single was written by The Immaculate Crows founder, songwriter, guitarist and producer Bruce Neilsen, when he was priming for an eagerly anticipated comeback after their phenomenal success in the early 80s.

Sharing similar lyrical propensities as Lou Reed’s Perfect Day, the mellifluous indie single gives you a ravenous appetite for life by reminding you how sweet it can be when you embrace the most beautiful facets of existence, such as the incandescently sweet piano score against the psych-tinged guitars in Another Day Gone By. Remaining lucid while this perfectly poised score is in motion is easier said than done. You can’t help drifting away with the compassionate soul.

Another Day Gone By is now available to stream on Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Ascend with Lunar Paths’ dark indie Avant-Garde single, Rise

Posted on 24 July 2022

Any artist with a track titled MetaGoth#1 in their discography has my immediate perpetual attention; with their latest single, Rise, Lunar Paths went even heavier on the dark haunting beguile.

The layered and looped percussive patterns and eastern rhythms steadily inch you into the heart of the psychedelically tribalistic feat of ethereal indie, which laments the lack of soul in our era that makes mental resilience a necessity; lest you be swept away by the dystopian waves. Rise acts as an all too efficacious anchor, with its glimmers of hope in the shimmering echoes.

The transatlantic duo made the Bela Lugosi’s Dead of this era with Rise. It’s not the darkwave you’ve ridden the crux of before; it’s the ethereal Avant Garde sanctity we sorely need.

Rise is now available to stream on SoundCloud.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Sukh pays ode to care workers in their empathy-invoking Alt Indie single “Nightingale”

Posted on 27 June 2020

Manchester-based Indie newcomer Sukh is due to drop their latest single “Nightingale” which pays a soulful ode to the care workers who have selflessly put their lives on the line during the pandemic.

If you didn’t have empathy for nurses before, you certainly will once you hear the semi-orchestral, slightly psychedelic feat of Indie. Sukh found inventive ways to allow you to imagine just what care workers endured and he was just as inventive with the piano-led soundscape. Lou Reed might not be around anymore to soothe our souls, but Sukh has proven with his latest release that he can offer the same level of resonant catharsis.

You can check out Nightingale for yourselves from the date of the official release on July 3^rdvia Soundcloud. In the meantime, you can check out Sukh’s other feats of mould-breaking Indie.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Santo Helenia – Drama Queen: Sweetly Psychedelic Indie

Posted on 6 May 2019

“Drama Queen” is the sweetly psychedelic Indie single from up and coming artist Santo Helenia. Rather than your average brash swaggering guitars, Santo Helenia has gone with a more concordant and intricately compelling direction with his sound by teasing in ethereal layers of alchemic chemistry.

How well the light tonal textures weave together in Drama Queen stand as a testament to the maturity of Santo Helenia’s song writing, instrumental and vocal talent. From Drama Queen you will be able to expect an eclectically mellifluous guitar-led instrumental arrangement which also incorporates mesmeric piano melodies to offer a fully rounded stickily sublime platform for Santo Helenia’s vocals.

You can check out Santo Helenia’s single Drama Queen for yourselves by heading over to Spotify now.

To stay up to date with all the latest releases from Santo Helenia you can connect with the UK based artist via Facebook

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Schribe – Found You: Lucidly Psychedelic Indie

Posted on 13 November 2018

“Found You” is the smoothly psychedelic Indie single from Schribe’s debut EP ‘theINBETWEEN’. With the lush layers of reverb, the melodies are as lucid as they are haunting. Whilst that should be a contradiction, it’s clear that Scribe has an experimentally pioneering approach to recreating the soundscapes we’ve all known to come and love from bands such as the Beatles by putting a progressive spin on the timeless sound.

Found You, like the other 5 tracks on the EP don’t come across as being written for commercial appeal. Instead, the expressionism which is found in the concordant harmonies of the track speaks volumes of Schribe’s creatively prodigal flair which deconstructs archetypal sound and creates dreamily fluid works of mesmeric appeal. With vocals as easy to listen to as breathing and the deep narrative introspection found in the lyrics to the music, it’s clear that Schribe’s sound doesn’t belong on the underground.

You can check out Schribe’s latest single Found You by heading over to SoundCloud now.

Review by Amelia Vandergast