Tag Archives: psychedelia

DONOVAN’S BRAIN – Insect Accessories

September 8, 2025

Career 2025 Leftfield psychedelia from American trio who finally find themselves on solid ground and are intent on covering as much of this ground as possible. A double album is always both an ambitious and dangerous undertaking, as there are … Continue reading →

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WARD WHITE – Is The Matador

August 29, 2025

VF14 2014 / Think Like A Key 2025 “Please don’t encourage me, light of day”: Californian bull(shit)fighter brings back his obscure psychedelic drama. When it’s not used in a wrong way, weirdness is a warm gun, because it gives a … Continue reading →

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VELVET OPERA – Ride A Hustler’s Dream

August 21, 2025

CBS 1969 / Think Like A Key 2025 Sophomore effort from future stars, an album by a team who had no future, a record that still stays strong a few decades later. It seemed quite an understandable desire to expand … Continue reading →

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FRAN ASHCROFT – Box Harry Day

June 22, 2025

Think Like A Key 2025 Toning down gorgeousness, renown master of sonic raptures unfolds a boundless panorama of returning possibilities. Now mostly known as a producer, Fran Ashcroft started out as a musician, so his comeback to performative status with … Continue reading →

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ELMER GANTRY’S VELVET OPERA – Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera

April 19, 2025

Direction 1968 / Think Like A Key 2025 British purveyors of pop-embroidered psychedelia set their stakes for late-Sixties conquest of penumbral stalk-rock. From today’s perspective, England’s post-“Sgt. Pepper” landscape seems to have been littered with pseudo-concept platters of which too … Continue reading →

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