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RELEASE DATE: 8/2/2019
The In Search Of Highs series of split artist releases continues onto volume three. Electric Moon, the German psychedelic space rock trio formed in 2009 by Sula Bassana, Komet Lulu, and Pablo Carneval, are a much loved trio on the underground psych scene. Their vinyl releases sell out almost instantly. On their side of this split, the band take the basis of a live recording from Berlin in 2018 and tweak it into what it is now, an epic near 22-minute "Beacon Light Hereafter". Another stunning addition to the bands vast back catalog. London's Terminal Cheesecake formed way back in 1988, quickly establishing themselves as a legendary underground band releasing numerous well received albums and the support of John Peel amongst others. The band, like many of the era eventually burned out before remerging in 2013 with a new line-up. Terminal Cheesecake circa 2019, featuring Russ Smith, Horseloaf Horseloafson, Neil Von Fish, Dave Cochrane, Johnny J Beat, released the album Le Sacre Du Lièvre in 2019. Their contribution here is two songs long "Fake Loop" and "Song For John Part 2", baked in fuzz and swirling distortion. It's a totally different type of high from the Electric Moon side. Whereas the latter go on a spaced-out cosmic trip, the Cheesecake side is more of an earthy, dark but equally glorious ride. Edition of 300; Includes download code.
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Kungens Män from Stockholm, Sweden has been around as a musical unit since 2012. The roots as friends go way back though. Noises, impulses, fuck-ups, and improvised jams have been recorded since day one and some of them have been put out on record. This is the first one on Riot Season. While the previous album Fuzz På Svenska (2018) on the German label Adansonia Records was somewhat jazzy and pretty introverted, this new one Chef is more rock and to the point, but still in the exploring, heady way typical of Kungens Män. Oh, Chef doesn't have anything to do with cooking -- it means "boss" or "chief" in Swedish. The inspiration comes from the drone, the rattle of the loose screw, the circuit failure of the effects, the phat-ness of the Moog and from the very diverse wiring of a bunch of middle-aged Swedish freaks. Kungens Män never plan the next musical move -- it presents itself. Sometimes the costume sewn is really ugly, but somehow there's always room for the sublime as you turn it inside out. Chef is the most effective Kungens Män album yet. Four pieces, one LP. Four different moods, the Kungens Män sound distilled. Dive in, walk around, start over again. It never stops. Orange vinyl; Redesigned gloss orange sleeve with double sided insert and download code; Edition of 300.
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The long-awaited follow-up to Osaka's Hibushibire Freak Out Orgasm! debut album from 2017 is here with Turn On, Tune In, Freak Out!. Who are Hibushibire?: 821 on bass, Ryu Matsumoto on drums, and Changchang on guitar and vocals. It would be fair to say Hibushibire's 2017 debut album Freak Out Orgasm! went down well with fans of psych-rock. It garnered quite a few influential underground reviews and seemed to sell through on word of mouth alone. UK-based music blog Dayz Of Purple And Orange said this of their debut: "Fuck me! I think I've died and gone to psychedelic heaven! If anyone had asked me what I would really want from a freak out, heavy-as-fuck psych band I would have to say I would want the sheer guitar pyrotechnics of Acid Mothers Temple, the hard-as-nails scuzziness of The Heads, the lead heaviness of a fucked-up Blue Cheer, and the instrumental dexterity of Hendrix on speed. Guess what, that band exists and they are called Hibushibire!" Their follow-up Turn On, Tune In, Freak Out! is produced again by Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple, Mainliner) and it's the next logical step in the band's sonic development. As with its predecessor, side one consists of three tracks, "Ecstasy Highwaystar", "Blow! Blow! Blow!", and "Overdose, Pussycat! More! More!". Some of these titles will be familiar if you've followed the band's live shows in recent times, and it's pretty much a guitar to the front, full gonzo-style hard-rocking psychedelic freak out from the first blast of Changchang's guitar panning from left to right before the main riff kicks it all off. Again, as with their debut, side two comprises of just one epic length track. "Rollercoaster Of The Universe" clocks in at seventeen minutes and is the sound of the band moving onto the next level during its journey. It's a shudderingly beautiful piece, with many hypnotic twists and turns. The band did initially attempt to produce this album by themselves, but got "brain fever" in the studio and called their old friend Makoto to come down and help them finish it off. As he had no preparation in advance, he knew nothing about how the recording was going in the studio, and moreover there was little time left for adjustments to be made. But his technique of mixing was, as always, both mighty and almost destructive.
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LP version. Limited edition neon orange vinyl. The long-awaited follow-up to Osaka's Hibushibire Freak Out Orgasm! debut album from 2017 is here with Turn On, Tune In, Freak Out!. Who are Hibushibire?: 821 on bass, Ryu Matsumoto on drums, and Changchang on guitar and vocals. It would be fair to say Hibushibire's 2017 debut album Freak Out Orgasm! went down well with fans of psych-rock. It garnered quite a few influential underground reviews and seemed to sell through on word of mouth alone. UK-based music blog Dayz Of Purple And Orange said this of their debut: "Fuck me! I think I've died and gone to psychedelic heaven! If anyone had asked me what I would really want from a freak out, heavy-as-fuck psych band I would have to say I would want the sheer guitar pyrotechnics of Acid Mothers Temple, the hard-as-nails scuzziness of The Heads, the lead heaviness of a fucked-up Blue Cheer, and the instrumental dexterity of Hendrix on speed. Guess what, that band exists and they are called Hibushibire!" Their follow-up Turn On, Tune In, Freak Out! is produced again by Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple, Mainliner) and it's the next logical step in the band's sonic development. As with its predecessor, side one consists of three tracks, "Ecstasy Highwaystar", "Blow! Blow! Blow!", and "Overdose, Pussycat! More! More!". Some of these titles will be familiar if you've followed the band's live shows in recent times, and it's pretty much a guitar to the front, full gonzo-style hard-rocking psychedelic freak out from the first blast of Changchang's guitar panning from left to right before the main riff kicks it all off. Again, as with their debut, side two comprises of just one epic length track. "Rollercoaster Of The Universe" clocks in at seventeen minutes and is the sound of the band moving onto the next level during its journey. It's a shudderingly beautiful piece, with many hypnotic twists and turns. The band did initially attempt to produce this album by themselves, but got "brain fever" in the studio and called their old friend Makoto to come down and help them finish it off. As he had no preparation in advance, he knew nothing about how the recording was going in the studio, and moreover there was little time left for adjustments to be made. But his technique of mixing was, as always, both mighty and almost destructive.
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Orchestra Of Constant Distress is: Joachim Nordwall (The Skull Defekts, iDEAL Recordings), Anders Bryngelsson (Brainbombs, No Balls) Henrik Rylander (The Skull Defekts, Union Carbide Productions), and Henrik Andersson. One core dynamism within the field of music is the relationship between performer and spectator. The audience listen and watch the musicians enjoying themselves and through that they get an experience of joy. This requires a system of believing where organized sound can be recognized, and is therefore music as such. Upon listening to Orchestra Of Constant Distress's third album, you might want to question this meaning of tonality. Through catatonic riffs and uncanny sounds, listeners are left with a situation where they do not know how to distinguish bad and good, pleasure from displeasure. Orchestra Of Constant Distress seems to be moving beyond their decent from such bands as Brainbombs, The Skull Defekts and Union Carbide Productions towards a tension of disbelief. Includes download code; Edition of 300.
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Kungens Män from Stockholm, Sweden has been around as a musical unit since 2012. The roots as friends go way back though. Noises, impulses, fuck-ups, and improvised jams have been recorded since day one and some of them have been put out on record. This is the first one on Riot Season. While the previous album Fuzz På Svenska (2018) on the German label Adansonia Records was somewhat jazzy and pretty introverted, this new one Chef is more rock and to the point, but still in the exploring, heady way typical of Kungens Män. Oh, Chef doesn't have anything to do with cooking -- it means "boss" or "chief" in Swedish. The inspiration comes from the drone, the rattle of the loose screw, the circuit failure of the effects, the phat-ness of the Moog and from the very diverse wiring of a bunch of middle-aged Swedish freaks. Kungens Män never plan the next musical move -- it presents itself. Sometimes the costume sewn is really ugly, but somehow there's always room for the sublime as you turn it inside out. Chef is the most effective Kungens Män album yet. Four pieces, one LP. Four different moods, the Kungens Män sound distilled. Dive in, walk around, start over again. It never stops. Blue vinyl; housed in a 350gsm printed outer sleeve; Includes double-sided insert and download code; Edition of 400.
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"In 2016, 21 years after Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. were founded in Osaka, Japan, there was a major shift in the line-up and "Next Generation" was added to the band's name. We now view the first 20 years of the bands career as chapter one in our story, and we are now turning the page to start chapter two. In 2018, it's time to re-record our classics with this new line-up, we just opened the door to the next stage!" --Kawabata Makoto.
Twenty-four years into their existence, Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. have circled the globe a few dozen times, released over 100 albums and played thousands of shows. In recent years, they've experienced seismic line-up changes, which have given them another new lease on life. Original members Kawabata (guitar, speed guru) and Higashi Hiroshi (synthesizer, noodle god) are now joined by Jyonson Tsu (vocal, midnight whistler), Satoshima Nani (drums, another dimension), and Wolf (bass, space and time). As anyone that has seen the new line-up live will testify, things have gone even more cosmic. Reverse Of Rebirth In Universe sees the band return to their old label Riot Season for the first time since 2012's IAO Chant From The Melting Paraiso Underground Freak Out (REPOSE 032CD/LP). Long-time fans will recognize some of the song titles, but the songs themselves have been reworked and transformed far away from their original versions. New boy Tsu's quiet, almost whispered vocals bring a whole new aura to proceedings, despite the familiar riffs. It's so laid back in places it's practically horizontal, with only occasional trademark piercing guitar squeals threatening to destroy the peace and calm. All of side two is taken up with the twenty-minute epic "Black Summer Song"; if this is an indicator to where the AMT mothership is heading, we're all in for another fucked up and magical ride. In a world that's more messed up than ever, one could all use a break away from the norm, and nobody takes one as away from the norm like Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. CD version includes bonus cover of Gong's "Flying Teapot", edition of 500 in gloss-finished gatefold card sleeve.
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LP version. "In 2016, 21 years after Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. were founded in Osaka, Japan, there was a major shift in the line-up and "Next Generation" was added to the band's name. We now view the first 20 years of the bands career as chapter one in our story, and we are now turning the page to start chapter two. In 2018, it's time to re-record our classics with this new line-up, we just opened the door to the next stage!" --Kawabata Makoto.
Twenty-four years into their existence, Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. have circled the globe a few dozen times, released over 100 albums and played thousands of shows. In recent years, they've experienced seismic line-up changes, which have given them another new lease on life. Original members Kawabata (guitar, speed guru) and Higashi Hiroshi (synthesizer, noodle god) are now joined by Jyonson Tsu (vocal, midnight whistler), Satoshima Nani (drums, another dimension), and Wolf (bass, space and time). As anyone that has seen the new line-up live will testify, things have gone even more cosmic. Reverse Of Rebirth In Universe sees the band return to their old label Riot Season for the first time since 2012's IAO Chant From The Melting Paraiso Underground Freak Out (REPOSE 032CD/LP). Long-time fans will recognize some of the song titles, but the songs themselves have been reworked and transformed far away from their original versions. New boy Tsu's quiet, almost whispered vocals bring a whole new aura to proceedings, despite the familiar riffs. It's so laid back in places it's practically horizontal, with only occasional trademark piercing guitar squeals threatening to destroy the peace and calm. All of side two is taken up with the twenty-minute epic "Black Summer Song"; if this is an indicator to where the AMT mothership is heading, we're all in for another fucked up and magical ride. In a world that's more messed up than ever, one could all use a break away from the norm, and nobody takes one as away from the norm like Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. CD version includes bonus cover of Gong's "Flying Teapot", edition of 500 in gloss-finished gatefold card sleeve.
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Workin' Man Noise Unit return with It's Not Nothin', the follow up to Play Loud (REPOSE 049LP, 2015) which was released to great acclaim. RIYL: Fugazi, Torche, Fu Manchu, Kyuss, Shellac. Edition of 300 in a 350 gram reverse board printed sleeve with download.
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"The consequences of tampering with the fabric of reality are, and always have been, direct and brutal. An unrelenting quake of disruption amongst what we think, perceive, and accordingly act upon is an inevitable result, and thus leaves disaster in ways hard to conceive, much less prepare against. When these quakes initially began, the only logical cause was that Perhaps was again at the helm; though disruptive experimentation has always been a common practice of the band, it has become increasingly obvious things may have again gotten out of hand. Suspicions of a new album were presented by means of cryptic letters, and confirmed by reports of large quantities of beached whales and colossal squid washing up on various shores, as well as a disruption in the migratory pattern of elk nationwide. Following an interview with a local shaman, it appeared that Perhaps had stationed themselves somewhere in the great red canyons of Utah, apparently in attempt to create some sort of audio re-creation of cellular respiration. The band's success in doing so is hardly put to question, as all members have been front runners in the experimental recreation of natural principles through musical methods, and rarely come out empty-handed. Hexagon was crafted through similar unorthodox principles, leading scholars and music experts in various colleges to hypothesize that Hexagon exists within a shared linear relationship with the band' s previous album V (REPOSE 059LP, 2017). It has been confirmed core members and frequent contributors have returned with the making of Hexagon: (Jim Haney, Sean McDermott, David Khoshtinat, Ricky Petraglia, Ben Talmi, Tom Weeks) as well as appearances from collaborators Makoto Kawabata and Tabata Mitsuru (Acid Mothers Temple). Following cryptic letters sent to our office and eerie reports, several hikers in the Utah area reported hallucinations, as well as locals witnessing a massive blood red moon taking place the same evening. There was no doubt in anyone's mind that Hexagon was complete; many who were religious were granted time to seek refuge in their respective places of worship. For the listener, no pass is needed. And while what lies ahead may seem gargantuan, it is best to open one's mind and allow all that is necessary happen. Great spiritual wisdom is not attained without a daunting climb, and all Hexagon has to offer makes that climb worth the peril." --Samson Hailstone, Vancouver BC, 7/2/2018. Edition of 300, gloss-finished sleeve; includes download.
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Earthling Society's Mo - The Demon was recorded at Leeds College of Music between November 2017 - February 2018. The basis of the album was to record an imaginary soundtrack to the Shaw Brothers's bat-shit psychedicrazy kung fu horror film The Boxer's Omen (1983) aka Mo or Demon. The story is an everyday one. After a Hong Kong kick boxer is paralyzed by a cheating Thai competitor, his mobster brother vows revenge and journeys to Thailand for a duel. Along the way, our hero is met by bizarre visions, enters into a Buddhist monastery, and begins a quest to save the soul of a deceased monk (his twin brother in a past life) who died at the hands of a powerful black magician. We've all been there. However, the movie descends into a kind of spiritual Jodorowsky -mushroom fest that is completely deranged and is therefore one of those perfect midnight movies. Earthling Society on the recording process, "So we got free studio time at LCM in November and just went 'fuck it' let's make an imaginary soundtrack in homage to such a great movie, taking inspiration from all things musical that have inspired us over the years: Berlin-era David Bowie, prime Magazine circa Correct Use Of Soap (1989), electric Miles Davis, Caravanserai (1972)-era Santana, Embryo, and god knows what else. It doesn't really matter as it all ends up Earthling Society; we think we've made a groovy as fuck concept. Then, invited back in February we decided to record two stand-alone pieces "Spring Snow" and "Jetavina Grove" and bring all our space-rock elements and psych raga back into the fray. Throw in some super cool Korean vocals courtesy of Bomi Seo of Tirikiliatops and run the guitars through a Harmonizer H910 (as used by Tony Visconti on Low (1976) and Heroes (1977)) and it's the perfect swansong to the last 14 years of playing live and recording together. Edition of 400 on translucent violet.
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Black Helium are a four-piece that formed in 2016 for a special one-off Halloween gig at the notoriously heady Guild Navigator club in East London and have since spread their sonic gumbo of hard-edged psychedelic head-fuckery and Neanderthal glam rock swagger across the country. Heavy friends Stuart Gray (vocals, guitar), Beck Harvey (vocals, bass) Davey Mulka (guitar), and Ben Davies (drums) went on to record their debut, Primitive Fuck, at Hermitage Studios with Margo Broom in March 2017. Although, Ben Davies disappeared abruptly after recording his drum tracks after experiencing a "profound life-changing mystical occurrence". Influenced by bands such as Black Sabbath, Hawkwind, Amon Düül II, and The Stooges, Primitive Fuck channels an era when psychedelic rock stood for mind expanding eclecticism and hip-shaking sonic hedonism in equal measure, moving from motor city heroism, to shapeless kosmische, ambient ego-death via space ritual riff worship. Now, with new drummer, Diogo Gomes on board, Primitive Fuck represents the birth of a band your psychiatrist warned you about. "An absolutely epic fucking performance from Black Helium who were heavy as fuck and destroyed my already fragile mind with their Flying V twin attack sounding like Sabbath, Black Angels, Hawkwind and The Sweet battling in a monster riff shop." --Spencer Hickman (Death Waltz Records, Transmission Records) Full color sleeve with insert; Includes download code; Edition of 300.
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Third full-length from Somerset trio Henry Blacker, follow-up to 2013's Hungry Dogs Will Eat Dirty Puddings (REPOSE 045CD) and 2015's Summer Tombs (REPOSE 045LP). As with the first two Riot Season is again taking on the release. Henry Blacker formed because there's nothing to do in Somerset. They formed because the other band they play with (Hey Colossus) rehearse in London and they wanted a band they didn't need to travel the width of the country to jam with. This nine-song, 40-minute record lyrically covers the downtrodden, shaking them with lysergically gloopy riffs of both the upbeat and downbeat nature. It is perfectly suited for 30 people in a bar having a night of pints. Or a packed venue in some exotic hot spot full of characters having a night of white wines. Or would sit nicely soundtracking a person at home secretly having a night of cans alone, drowning their misery under the weight of an eight-pack of European strength lager. Inspiration comes from all the desert rock bands and angular punk rock bands that always get listed on these things, you can imagine. Bands that list bands on these things and want you to think they sound like them are ridiculous. They did recently get included on Bandcamp's "Top Ten UK Noiserock bands", but that list didn't include Drunk In Hell so it's not to be trusted. This record was recorded in Bristol and Barton St David by Ben Turner. Look up Barton St David, it's in the middle of nowhere and it's really lovely. It's also where Henry Blacker rehearse. It's got it all, and biscuits on top. Housed in 350gsm printed sleeve; Includes download code; Edition of 300.
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Riot Season present a vinyl issue of Blown Out's Sun Rot, originally released on cassette in 2014. Riot Season's label head on Blown Out: "July 2014 was my first encounter with Blown Out label wise. That's when sister label, Swap Meat Records put out the band's debut physical release Sun Rot as a limited run tape. That quickly sold out and two furthers runs were made and also sold out. Since then, we've released further four Blown Out releases on Riot Season. Drifting Way Out Between Suns (REPOSE 042LP, 2014), New Cruiser (REPOSE 053LP, 2016), Superior Venus (REPOSE 056LP, 2017), and In Search Of Highs Volume 1 (REPOSE 065LP, 2018). So what better thing to do next than go back to where it all began and release Sun Rot on wax at long last. Sun Rot was recorded to tape and was very lo-fi in nature. We've rescued the original tapes and have tweaked them for vinyl ever so slightly but it very much remains the lo-fi classic it once was." The artwork has been reimagined by the original cover artist and long-time Blown Out artwork collaborator, Anthony Downie. Limited one-off run -- Edition of 300.
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RRR was Hey Colossus's seventh album, originally released back in 2011 by Riot Season on CD and a ridiculously limited LP. The band had a weekend booked in at The Dropout Studio, Camberwell, in the winter of 2010. They were going to do "some recording". The Friday of the weekend the six-piece played a show at The Windmill in Brixton. The show was a typical (of the time) debauched affair, in the post-show glow the band asked Jon (Notorious Hi-Fi Killers) and Leon (Shit And Shine) to come down to the session the following day: Bring guitars, what can go wrong? By noon they hadn't shown up so they got called: Where are you? Neither believed the offer to be true, by 1 PM they showed up with guitar and synth in tow. An hour later RRR was being recorded by the now eight-piece band, lights down, volume up. Over 48 hours it was done. This reissue comes in a 350gsm printed sleeve wide-spined sleeve; Includes insert and download code; No repress; limited edition of 400.
The legendary Peter Kemp, had this to say: "The record starts off with slow guitars and screaming ghostly voices like from a horror film, this first track ends with some talking and then goes into the next song which sounds like they are swinging the guitars around their heads and banging them on the floor....there are dark voices screaming ARRRRRRRRGGGHHHHH ARRRRRRRRRGGGGHHH ....The next song does sound a bit more Spanish as it starts with a guitar which sounds like a Spanish church bell and a deep voice which sounds like somebody praying and another voice which sounds like somebody dying....The closing song is faster and has talking in it and what sounds like a priest in the background and then lots of loud guitars come in - it is a good way to finish the record. Overall I think this was very good record by a brilliant band and I would give it ten out of ten."
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The first slab in a possible new split series titled In Search Of Highs. Both the bands here are instrumental trios, Blown Out and Comacozer, interlinked by history and their shared love of sonic psych explorations. You will no doubt already know the two bands gracing this first slab of wax. Both bands have multiple releases behind them, and this one is sure to pick them up new fans aplenty. Blown Out deliver three relatively short (for them) blasts, channeling their inner Stooges/Marble Sheep, coming on like grand funk space lords. Three tracks of groove sonics and head changes. Comacozer go the opposite route and slide in with another of their trademark epic trips, that suck everything around it into its own cosmic gloop. Housed in 350gsm printed sleeve with black inner sleeve; Includes download code. Pressed on color vinyl in an edition of 500; Green vinyl.
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In the field of music or any contemporary cultural terrain, concepts like development dynamics and progression are used as aesthetic judgement. To any musician or composer, the idea of musical build up comes with a crisis, any attempt towards formal pleasure calls for suspicion that this desire is never one's own. In the case of Orchestra Of Constant Distress, this deadlock manifests itself in an impulse of refusal directed against any evolution and the result is the extreme generic and the absolute distress of normative noise and improvisation. Members with such experiences from The Skull Defekts, Union Carbide Productions, Brainbombs, and No Balls are joined in assemblage of catatonic sounds, obstinate riffs, and rigid rhythms. Orchestra Of Constant Distress is: Joachim Nordwall (The Skull Defekts, iDEAL Recordings), Anders Bryngelsson (Brainbombs, No Balls), Henrik Rylander (The Skull Defekts, Union Carbide Productions), and Henrik Andersson. Housed in a 350gsm printed sleeve; Includes download code; Edition of 300.
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Odd disturbances are about. Yes, definitely odd. Deep, carnal rumblings akin to the kind one only feels in times of great danger, or great reverence. The kind of hyper-intense inter-environmental buzzing that drives men to kill for no reason they can feverishly describe at a later period when the buzzing finally ceases, and their sanity returns with the cold, wet realization of the deeds they committed with their own god-given hands. Perhaps came into existence at the hands of Jim Haney at the Berklee College of Music in 2012. V is their fifth release, the previous four being self-released gaining infamy amongst listeners, and notably collaborating with Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple), Cotton Casino (Acid Mothers Temple), Tabata Mitsuru (Acid Mothers Temple), Kenneth Topham (Giraffes Giraffes), Bryan Murphy (Man Man), Devin McKnight (Grass Is Green, Speedy Ortiz), Ben Talmi (Art Decade), Damo Suzuki (Can), etc. As Perhaps's discography grew, stories of the group's incredibly unorthodox and experimental methods of composition and recording began to emerge. With V, it appears as if their approach to recording and composition has changed very little by means of mystical influence and general mischief. The months in which the recording of V took place was certainly interesting; rumors began to emerge of the band's presence in the Himalayan mountains, presumably for the gargantuan natural acoustics Haney has notably mentioned as a key to Perhaps's recording process. While it is not entirely certain whether or not the group remained in the Himalayas for the entire length of the V recording endeavor, a certain cult-like attraction to seek their whereabouts became favorable amongst some diehards. The few who seemed to succeed on the trip returned with contrasting results. Those who were lucky returned in a perplexing state of enlightenment, divulging stories of mountains speaking great cosmic secrets, while others returned temporarily blind, or not at all. However, now that the album is finished, there is little left to do but go along for the ride, and while complacency seems the easiest way to approach the unapproachable, the daunting question still stands: How far did they go this time? One definite thing is for certain: V is done, and it's a doozy. No use for cardio or keto in preparation for this one, just light some incense, pour a Chivas, and buckle up. Or don't, it won't matter. Obi strip; 350gsm reverse board sleeve; Edition of 300.
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Riot Season present a first time vinyl reissue of Hey Colossus's classic album Happy Birthday, originally released in 2008. Happy Birthday was Hey Colossus's fourth album, and it was originally released by Riot Season back in 2008 on CD only. The album marked the beginning of chapter two for the band, it was the first for Riot Season, the first where the wings were spread and the band took flight. Total noise rock, 100% out-there sounds. The band was a five piece at the time and had just completed a tour of Spain that was riddled with ups-and-downs but mainly full of future talk. Having done three albums on their own label, the main topic was what to do next. "You gotta keep moving" is the band's mantra, and it still is to this day. Check the three recent records on Rocket Recordings -- In Black and Gold (LAUNCH 077CD/LP, 2015), Radio Static High (LAUNCH 083CD/LP, 2015), and The Guillotine (LAUNCH 115CD/LP, 2017) -- and compare them to the first records. It was time to move away from conventional song writing and screw with the heads. Happy Birthday was recorded in Dropout, South London. The only label they sent it to was Riot Season, as Mainliner, Shit And Shine, and Circle were doing stuff with them at that time. It was the beginning of the band's noise rock trilogy all on Riot Season -- Happy Birthday (REPOSE 018CD, 2008), Eurogrumble Vol. 1 (2010), and RRR (2011). Now, nine years later, it's finally time for the vinyl version. No tweaks. No new mastering bullshit. Nothing different. Same songs, on a slab of classic black vinyl. Comes in a full color outer sleeve with a black inner sleeve; Comes with download code; Edition of 400.
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UK space/psych rock favorites Earthling Society return with their new album Ascent To Godhead, their second album of 2017. Ascent To Godhead is the fleetwood psychonauts' second release on Riot Season, the first being their 2014 album England Have My Bones (REPOSE 040LP, 2014) which got great reviews across the board. Whereas Zen Bastard was a re-imagining of ancient songs from the back catalog, Ascent To Godhead consists of brand new compositions improvised in the studio. No Hawkwind-esque generators are to be found, which is often found to be synonymous with the space rock genre. Instead, there is a calamitous howl more reminiscent of Birthday Party than Gong. Earthling Society's unique song writing abilities remain however; where no song starts and ends the same, constantly morphing into something new. Jazz and Eastern rhythms are at the forefront of Ascent To Godhead, taking inspiration from Alice Coltrane, Sun Ra, Far East Family Band, Midori Takada, amongst others. This is no hippy claptrap from the sunshine playroom, it's an album that ties your brain in knots, and oozes spiritual meaning. Also included is the long lost garage rocker "Can You Levitate?". Recorded in 2009 and only unearthed earlier in 2017, Ascent To Godhead proves that Earthling Society were belting this stuff out long before the current psych scene. Alice Coltrane inspired, hand-painted artwork; Blue vinyl; Edition of 400.
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While you have been recovering from 2016's epic New Cruiser album (REPOSE 053LP), Newcastle's finest psychedelic space explorers Blown Out have been busy crafting away their follow-up effort, Superior Venus. Superior Venus once again consists of two long, head-expanding psych outs. You should know by now what Blown Out are all about. And once again it's completely fuckin' epic. Protector Of Kings, Ejected Comet, The Reversing Earth, The Opaque Dream, Superior Venus. "... the Sun rose contrary to his wont; twice he rose where he now sets, and twice he set where he now rises ..." Telepathic rhythms collide with high mind-stream waste guitar -- Heavy, melodic, destroying -- The whole universe in your brain -- Power trio power-drive psychedelic rock. Features members of Bong, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Khünnt, Haikai No Ku, Drunk In Hell, etc. Comes on limited neon orange vinyl; Housed in full-color sleeve with download code; Edition of 500.
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Scotland's favorite space-psych-rock-gods The Cosmic Dead return with a new album Psych Is Dead. Formed in 2010, The Cosmic Dead are a quartet from Glasgow, Scotland who share their music through good vibes and better vibrations. Known for their improv, chaos strewn, Buckfast smashed-against-the-wall take on space music, they have roamed from Roadburn to Las Vegas, Dundee to Bangalore, with each album offering a meditative window into a certain time and space. Psych Is Dead is the sixth full-length album from the band, the glowing embers of a few days spent recording in a sweaty Sardinian kitchen overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Psych Is Dead is an aural exploration of their tumultuous universe. CD version comes in a digipack; Edition of 500.
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LP version. White vinyl; Edition of 700. Scotland's favorite space-psych-rock-gods The Cosmic Dead return with a new album Psych Is Dead. Formed in 2010, The Cosmic Dead are a quartet from Glasgow, Scotland who share their music through good vibes and better vibrations. Known for their improv, chaos strewn, Buckfast smashed-against-the-wall take on space music, they have roamed from Roadburn to Las Vegas, Dundee to Bangalore, with each album offering a meditative window into a certain time and space. Psych Is Dead is the sixth full-length album from the band, the glowing embers of a few days spent recording in a sweaty Sardinian kitchen overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Psych Is Dead is an aural exploration of their tumultuous universe.
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Krause is the late unwanted child that sprung from the loins of the Athenian underground. As any child of such fate, at the end of 2015 they amassed their collective contempt for this world and gave it back to it with their debut LP 2AM Thoughts. Even though the band are veterans of various scenes and genres, with active and past members of Vulnus, Cut Off, Rita Mosss, Casual Nun, Progress Of Inhumanity, Dusteroid, and Straighthate, Krause was formed with the intention of playing '90s-inspired aggressive and dirty noise rock in the vein of Amphetamine Reptile Records bands like Unsane, Helmet, Today Is The Day, Cherubs, and more -- something that none of them had done before but have long been huge fans of. As members of other bands, they have shared the stage with bands like Cursed, Burst, Knut, Stamping Ground, Bong, Drunk In Hell, Consumer Electronics, Luminous Bodies, and more. RIYL: '90s style noise-rock, Amphetamine Reptile Records, Unsane, Today Is The Day, Karp, Helmet, Cherubs, Part Chimp, Jesus Lizard, Melvins. Housed in a 350gsm printed sleeve; Edition of 250.
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Newcastle Trio Blown Out continue on their voyage through deep fuckin' space with New Cruiser. Power-driven, psychedelic rock, New Cruiser is made of two huge tracks of blistering leads, mind-melting brain changes and max fuzz. Influenced tonally by "Peace In Mississippi"/"Crash Landing" third generation cassette culture and tight Grand Funk oblivion rhythm mind chemistry. Blown Out features members of Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Khünnt, Bong and HaiKai No Ku. "New Cruiser" dives straight in with some deep, rolling bass, crashing drums and the trademark guitar from Mike Vest. The track rolls and pitches along its way, based, as ever, on repetition (the bass of John-Michael Hedley becomes positively hypnotic) while the guitar weaves heavy, reverb-drenched patterns in the sky. Blown Out have become masters of creating music that is heavy enough to affect the gravitational pull of nearby planets whilst still having the ability to mesmerize. If "Phase II" may sound a tad familiar to some, that's because it is a reworked, longer version of the same on Celestial Sphere (2016). It continues pretty much where "New Cruiser" left off: blistering, fuzzy wah-wah, jackhammer drums and undulating bass all coming together to create an Heironymous Bosch like vision of hell. Vest's guitar positively wails at times like some poor tormented denizen of the underworld. Like "New Cruiser". it is the repetition that holds the power. Given all of the free-wheeling, freak-out guitar, it has a structure and a form to which the rhythm section sticks rigidly. This is the less-than-secret ingredient in the Blown Out recipe - tightness of form that allows a freedom of expression - sounds oxymoronic but without the drums/bass creating a framework, the guitar of Vest would sound chaotic and functionless, but instead it sounds free but purposeful. In all, New Cruiser is another unqualified success, guaranteed to scramble the brains and scare the neighbors. This is what "psychedelic" music is all about. Not flowers and sugar cubes and paeans to long lost pastoral idylls, but music that can transport you. RIYL: Psychedelic rock, spaced-out jams, Acid Mothers Temple, Bong, The Cosmic Dead, Les Rallizes Denudes, Earthless. Includes a download code. Edition of 400.
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