my first thought was that it was dance music to satisfy the robots and the freaky people alike. your bottom half can follow the beat and your top half can freak out to the guitar. that's good times right there.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
That cover is kind of terrible but I love it.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
i see 'psych' used in a lot of pr material/press releases and then i go listen to a song or two online and am like fuck you, pr people, this is just indie rock
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
i guess 'psych' is the new 'edgy'
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
or, well, 'indie'
totally agree but buzzword overuse/misuse is not a new problem and it's not going to get in the way of my enjoyment of the moon duo.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
totally
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
i do think there are psych elements to moon duo tho!
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
the cover is amazing IMO!
― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
I've noticed 'psych' or 'psychedelic' being appended to indie bands much less than it used to be in, say, the Elephant 6 era... Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, I like indie shit with psychy bits.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
psych enough for me! the drum machine-iness might bring down the psych quotient, i dunno.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
I still see "psych"/"psychedelic" on the label of like every fifth rock/indie promo CD I review. But I see a lot of things on promo labels.
― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
this is the dude from Wooden Shjips, right?
love their first EP...i would call it psych in a Bardo Pond / trippier Black Mountain vein. I.e. laid-back, groovin' psych.
just had a listen to the new LP via spotify...i dig. definitely poppier, though it's still nice and fuzzy.
QFT: "buzzword overuse/misuse is not a new problem and it's not going to get in the way of my enjoyment of the moon duo."
― dronestreet, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i mean it's PR shorthand for "there's some fuzzy guitar reverb-y vocals and maybe a swirly organ every now and then"...but have we ever really defined psych? WHAT IS PSYCH.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
i think that what we can learn from pr shorthand is that pr shorthand is hilarious and mostly wrong
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
psych is what you make it man
(pr people not allowed to make it)
pr people too uptight to give in to the groove
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
here's something from the PR email i just received"A laid-back cavalcade of synth washes, toms, layered vocals and organic instrumentation, "SONG" perfectly showcases ARTIST’s ambitions to bring together futuristic soundscapes with hook-laden direct songs." sounds kinda psyche-y!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
i read something recently that contained a sentence something like "dare we say they sound like early Hawkwind mixed with Can?!" and seriously, considering the band they were talking about, my answer is no, you do not.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
So I should spend my hard earned music journalist dollars on this?
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
totally! it's like hawkwind meets can meets the beatles!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
[snark aside: yeah, it's great!]
Early Hawkwind or late Hawkwind?
― Hamster of Legend (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
i don't hear a ton of psych in this, although i guess any psych would be by way of paisley underground dreampop.
... as i've said elsewhere, it's suicide + the more minimalist aspects of spacemen 3 + galaxie 500/luna.
― sriracha bishop (get bent), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:13 (eleven years ago) link
see i'm probably part of the problem -- suicide, spacemen 3 and g-500 are all psychedelic bands to me.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:14 (eleven years ago) link
BUT WHAT IS PSYCH
― sriracha bishop (get bent), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
i really don't know. maybe i should impose a self-ban on using the term.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:18 (eleven years ago) link
it's got too many drum machine bass drums + snares to be psych. drum machine hi-hats/shakers are acceptable.
― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
suicide, spacemen 3 and g-500 are all psychedelic bands
real talk
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
any drum machine built after 1978 = not psych
― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
This album is rad as fuck and I am SO EXCITED TO GO SEE THEM ON SATURDAY
― bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
lol we need crut's 77 laws of psych
― tylerw, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
this was a good show, v entertaining, def some psychrock elements and many other elementsnice light projection show (def psychedelic)young people danced in front of the stagei swayed a bitDRUM MACHINESi only laughed twice at the beatz, i mean, in an entertained, nice way. sometimes things are funny when you listen to yr fair share of electronic music.v happy i went :)
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Thursday, 4 October 2012 04:05 (eleven years ago) link
Would I like Moon Duo?
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:23 (eleven years ago) link
MAybe? Check out the video upthread. It's a pretty fair representative.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 4 October 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
I heard Tom Petty's "Runnin' Down A Dream" yesterday and it made me think of Moon Duo
― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Monday, 8 October 2012 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
on first impression the new one feels a little tame compared to Mazes.
― dmr, Monday, 8 October 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
i love tom petty
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Monday, 8 October 2012 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
Moon Duo makes a mix for The Fader. Said mix is an enjoyable listen:
http://www.thefader.com/2012/10/30/download-moon-duos-fader-mix/
Tracklist:1. Aphrodite’s Child – Do It2. Mustafa Ozkent Orchestra – Dolana3. Benny Soebardja And Lizard – Candle Light4. Muddy Waters – Herbert Harper’s Free Press News5. The Outsiders – CQ6. Vangelis – We Were All Uprooted7. Jang Hyun – Pushing Through The Fog8. Magic Lantern – Dark Cicadas9. Pink Floyd – Beset By Creatures Of The Deep10. David Crosby – Cowboy Movie11. Herbcraft – Road To Agartha12. Achim Reichel and Machines – Das Echo Der Gegenwart
― alpine static, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, i enjoyed this. mix very much in character.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
Wait, is this not working anymore? It was yesterday.
Is it working for others? My computer does kinda suck.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
Seems fine for me.Who stole my copy of CQ?!?!? Still pissed about that one.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
OK, thanks. Will try again.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
Who stole my copy of CQ?!?!? Still pissed about that one.
Now is probably the best time in recent memory to have it stolen, it's been reissued on both vinyl and CD recently.
Cool mix. Personally I find it hard to use an Aphrodite's Child song that isn't "Magic Mirror" in a mix, though.
― spittin all over my sweater of fine material (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 1 November 2012 04:32 (eleven years ago) link
Scored a used copy of the new vinyl last week. Think I prefer Mazes, as it still comes off a little more muscular. Thanks, hipster-who-sold-it-back-a-week-after-release-were-you-just-in-it-for-the-download-card?
― dronestreet, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
new album, Shadow of the Sun, streaming on npr http://www.npr.org/series/98679384/first-listenhaven't been keeping up with WS or MD but this one sounds great.
― mizzell, Monday, 23 February 2015 17:15 (nine years ago) link
new album is cool -- my usual response to these guys when they have a new one is to first think: "huh they're still doing this ho hum" and then a minute later to think "I LOVE MOON DUO."
― tylerw, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 23:27 (nine years ago) link
Shjips have a new album out too, correct?
― the saer returns (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 01:38 (nine years ago) link
Not that I know of?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 4 March 2015 02:14 (nine years ago) link