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Following on from 2018's acclaimed Actualisation (HAY HAY 012CD/LP/C-LP), The Deep End builds upon the acid house influences of the former but ventures into many new paths. Hip-hop, techno, drum n' bass and other "genres" sneak into the creative palette whilst also staying true to the band mantra of throwing the rule book out of the window, as far as "genres" or "boundaries" are concerned. The album was penned over the Spring of 2019 by Mark Emmerson (vocals/guitar/synths). Again, Roland 303/808 synths, bass and vocals were key tools for writing, whilst the Roland SH01a found its way onto the team sheet, as well as a sampler for the first time. Recording commenced in March 2019, the ethos being rehearsing and recording a track as soon as it was written with mixing taking place on each track shortly after. By July 2019 85% of the album was completed, the final track laid down in January 2020. Lead track "CHI-03" gives the album its first sucker punch moment. A track born out of listening to late '80s hip-hop records on loop before allowing the 303 to take on the co-lead vocal role alongside the addition of the sampler. A beat again designed to make people move, with enough Lucid sonics to stamp the band signature. "Leave Me In The Dark" takes a seven-minute journey that taps into places the band have been before. No mean feat when that is a melting pot of dub, drum 'n' bass, jungle, and raw power. "Fight To Survive" has a beat the belongs in '80s New York, keys more suited to the East Coast counterparts of the time, another statement. "Sunrise" then takes the album on another tangent. The Lucid Dream tapped into acid house on Actualisation, but this track is acid/Balearic in its purest form. "High And Wild" closes the album. The nine minutes within don't share the optimism and "highs" displayed in the 35 minutes prior but doesn't suffer any for it either. The most "conventional" and only guitar-based song on the album, this track won't be found near a dancefloor. "... when they go pedal-to-metal it rarely fails." --MOJO "The Lucid Dream are rapidly becoming major players in an ever-increasingly crowded psych scene ... utterly seductive." --The Quietus
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The Lucid Dream return with their fourth album, Actualisation. Driven by fans raising £10,000 to help replace all equipment robbed after a Paris show in early 2017, a new album became the instant focus in the summer of 2017 for a rejuvenated The Lucid Dream. Actualisation is soaked in the influence of acid house, amalgamated with dub and Kosmische. It will again see them acknowledged for venturing into pastures new, setting themselves apart from 'genres', 'scenes' or what any other act are currently doing. The album was penned over the summer of 2017 by Mark Emmerson (vocals/guitar/synths), using only the classic Roland 303/808 synths, bass and vocals as tools for writing. Inspiration for the writing was formed via continuous listening to the Chicago to UK acid house works of 1986-1992, the focus predominantly on the groove. Recorded at Whitewood Studios, Liverpool, with Rob Whiteley, the album is produced alongside long-time collaborator Ross Halden (Ghost Town Studios, Leeds), with mastering via Dean Honer (All Seeing I/I Monster/The Moonlandingz). The Lucid Dream formed in Carlisle, in 2008. A string of sold-out 7″s was followed by the debut longer player, Songs Of Lies And Deceit (HAY 004CD, 2013). The Lucid Dream (HAY 007CD) was released in March 2015 to further acclaim. Their third album, Compulsion Songs (HAY 009CD/LP) was released in September 2016, on Holy Are You Recordings. Limited version on red vinyl.
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LP version. The Lucid Dream return with their fourth album, Actualisation. Driven by fans raising £10,000 to help replace all equipment robbed after a Paris show in early 2017, a new album became the instant focus in the summer of 2017 for a rejuvenated The Lucid Dream. Actualisation is soaked in the influence of acid house, amalgamated with dub and Kosmische. It will again see them acknowledged for venturing into pastures new, setting themselves apart from 'genres', 'scenes' or what any other act are currently doing. The album was penned over the summer of 2017 by Mark Emmerson (vocals/guitar/synths), using only the classic Roland 303/808 synths, bass and vocals as tools for writing. Inspiration for the writing was formed via continuous listening to the Chicago to UK acid house works of 1986-1992, the focus predominantly on the groove. Recorded at Whitewood Studios, Liverpool, with Rob Whiteley, the album is produced alongside long-time collaborator Ross Halden (Ghost Town Studios, Leeds), with mastering via Dean Honer (All Seeing I/I Monster/The Moonlandingz). The Lucid Dream formed in Carlisle, in 2008. A string of sold-out 7″s was followed by the debut longer player, Songs Of Lies And Deceit (HAY 004CD, 2013). The Lucid Dream (HAY 007CD) was released in March 2015 to further acclaim. Their third album, Compulsion Songs (HAY 009CD/LP) was released in September 2016, on Holy Are You Recordings. Limited version on red vinyl.
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LP version; edition of 300 on red vinyl. The Lucid Dream return with their fourth album, Actualisation. Driven by fans raising £10,000 to help replace all equipment robbed after a Paris show in early 2017, a new album became the instant focus in the summer of 2017 for a rejuvenated The Lucid Dream. Actualisation is soaked in the influence of acid house, amalgamated with dub and Kosmische. It will again see them acknowledged for venturing into pastures new, setting themselves apart from 'genres', 'scenes' or what any other act are currently doing. The album was penned over the summer of 2017 by Mark Emmerson (vocals/guitar/synths), using only the classic Roland 303/808 synths, bass and vocals as tools for writing. Inspiration for the writing was formed via continuous listening to the Chicago to UK acid house works of 1986-1992, the focus predominantly on the groove. Recorded at Whitewood Studios, Liverpool, with Rob Whiteley, the album is produced alongside long-time collaborator Ross Halden (Ghost Town Studios, Leeds), with mastering via Dean Honer (All Seeing I/I Monster/The Moonlandingz). The Lucid Dream formed in Carlisle, in 2008. A string of sold-out 7″s was followed by the debut longer player, Songs Of Lies And Deceit (HAY 004CD, 2013). The Lucid Dream (HAY 007CD) was released in March 2015 to further acclaim. Their third album, Compulsion Songs (HAY 009CD/LP) was released in September 2016, on Holy Are You Recordings. Limited version on red vinyl.
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LP version. Carlisle blue vinyl. Edition of 300. Compulsion Songs is the third album from Carlisle's The Lucid Dream. After their critically acclaim of their self-titled second album (HAY 007CD, 2015), The Lucid Dream venture into new pastures again. On Compulsion Songs, pulling away from the pack is the order of the day, and the ideas on show here reaffirm the many claims that The Lucid Dream are one of the most important, diverse and exciting bands in the UK at present. Compulsion Songs is a demonstration of the band's skill in binding the sounds of their broadening musical palette through their unifying song craft. Recorded at Whitewood Studios, Liverpool, with Rob Whiteley, the album is produced alongside long-time collaborator Ross Halden (Ghost Town Studios, Leeds). Recent single "Bad Texan" sees the band move into dancefloor meets krautrock territory. The krautrock/kosmiche groove is also present alongside new wave in the two-part opus "Nadir"/"Epitaph". "21st Century" is quite appropriately the nearest the band get to a protest song, a two-minute white noise/garage/rockabilly blast, inspired by a heavy dose of Beastie Boys listening. Elsewhere, the bustling of "The Emptiest Place" is Morricone meets '60s L.A, "Stormy Waters" bows to the melodies of The Stone Roses/The Byrds, warping them with a sinister twist in the vein of Spiritualized. The album's showpiece however comes via the eight-minute space-dub of "I'm A Star In My Own Right", as the band hit a full on Kingston, Jamaica dub/groove, set as it is to contorting, reverb-fueled passages. Compulsion Songs follows 2015's critically acclaimed second album, which gained plaudits from Drowned In Sound (who named the album #7 UK album of the year), Uncut, Q, Clash, Louder Than War and The Skinny. "Mona Lisa", the opening track from the album, was also included in The Observer's "Critics Favourite Tracks Of 2015" playlist.
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Compulsion Songs is the third album from Carlisle's The Lucid Dream. After their critically acclaim of their self-titled second album (HAY 007CD, 2015), The Lucid Dream venture into new pastures again. On Compulsion Songs, pulling away from the pack is the order of the day, and the ideas on show here reaffirm the many claims that The Lucid Dream are one of the most important, diverse and exciting bands in the UK at present. Compulsion Songs is a demonstration of the band's skill in binding the sounds of their broadening musical palette through their unifying song craft. Recorded at Whitewood Studios, Liverpool, with Rob Whiteley, the album is produced alongside long-time collaborator Ross Halden (Ghost Town Studios, Leeds). Recent single "Bad Texan" sees the band move into dancefloor meets krautrock territory. The krautrock/kosmiche groove is also present alongside new wave in the two-part opus "Nadir"/"Epitaph". "21st Century" is quite appropriately the nearest the band get to a protest song, a two-minute white noise/garage/rockabilly blast, inspired by a heavy dose of Beastie Boys listening. Elsewhere, the bustling of "The Emptiest Place" is Morricone meets '60s L.A, "Stormy Waters" bows to the melodies of The Stone Roses/The Byrds, warping them with a sinister twist in the vein of Spiritualized. The album's showpiece however comes via the eight-minute space-dub of "I'm A Star In My Own Right", as the band hit a full on Kingston, Jamaica dub/groove, set as it is to contorting, reverb-fueled passages. Compulsion Songs follows 2015's critically acclaimed second album, which gained plaudits from Drowned In Sound (who named the album #7 UK album of the year), Uncut, Q, Clash, Louder Than War and The Skinny. "Mona Lisa", the opening track from the album, was also included in The Observer's "Critics Favourite Tracks Of 2015" playlist.
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UK psych band The Lucid Dream's second album follows two hugely successful singles taken from the full-length, "Moonstruck" and "Unchained," both released in 2014. Between them, the singles gained support from BBC Radio 1 and 2 plus major support from BBC 6 Music (Lauren Laverne, Marc Riley (two sessions), Steve Lamacq, 6 Music Recommends, Tom Robinson, and Gideon Coe). "Moonstruck" earned the title of the fastest sell-out in Too Pure Singles Club history, selling out a month in advance of release, with both singles coinciding with sold-out UK dates. After forming in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, in 2008, the band delivered a string of sold-out 7"s, an EP, and their debut album, Songs of Lies and Deceit (HAY 004CD/005LP, 2013), between 2010 and 2013. These releases coincided with support slots and tours with Death in Vegas, Clinic, Spectrum, A Place to Bury Strangers, The Magic Band, The Aliens, and Dead Skeletons, to name a few. As of this album's release, The Lucid Dream have completed four European tours and appeared at festivals such as The Big Chill and Kendal Calling; they're also the only act to be asked to perform at all three events held for the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia. Their debut album Songs of Lies and Deceit was released in August 2013 to critical acclaim from Uncut, Clash, Q, Rocksound, Classic Rock Magazine, and leading French print mag Les Inrocks. Reviews heaped praise on the band's ability to make a sonically challenging album while maintaining an ear for a tune throughout; an impressive knack for combining melody with experimentation and noise. The Lucid Dream demonstrates the band covering new areas, as always. "Mona Lisa" and "Cold Killer" channel the influence of German geniuses Can and NEU! before the the free-form jazz/noise freak-out that is "The Darkest Day/Head Musik." The success of "Moonstruck" and "Unchained" has shown the band's ability to appeal across the board, while "Unchained Dub" (already a live favorite) expresses the love of King Tubby and Lee "Scratch" Perry -- fans and critics alike are already aware that The Lucid Dream are the only band of their ilk touching so many areas. "Morning Breeze," throughout its seven minutes, displays feedback experiments in the vein of Sonic Youth. The album closes with "You + I," something like early '60s pop meets Mazzy Star meets Spiritualized circa Ladies and Gentlemen.
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This is the debut album from UK psych foursome The Lucid Dream. Formed in Carlisle, Cumbria, in the far north of England, in 2008 and fused by small town boredom and a mentality to break the mold, they siphoned the spirits of key influences such as The Jesus & Mary Chain and Spacemen 3, to suitably shape their live repertoire in an old textile factory, overlooked by a disused gas works. Initial releases between 2010-2012 (Erbistock Mill EP), and three sold-out 7" singles (Love In My Veins, Heartbreak Girl, Hits Me Like I'm Stoned), gained significant praise from the likes of British music magazine The Fly, NME, and BBC Radio. The white noise that opens the first nine minutes of the album is by no means indicative of the album as a whole. Tracks such as "In Your Eyes," "Love In My Veins," and "Heartbreak Girl" ultimately owe more to the psych pop of The Stone Roses, The Byrds, The Ronettes, and C86-era Primal Scream.
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