Reverb lp top picks5/3/2023 Pieces like ‘the Outsider’ are reminiscent of the scattershot psychedelic scree of Barrett-era Floyd where ‘Signal Blue’ is more of a lolloping, French-cinema-themed woozy number. Originally released on the great Ghost Box records (more on them shortly) in 2014, Entropicalia is a wonderfully diverse melting pot of swimming psychedelia, 60’s pop, and electronics and is a much sought-after reissue, coming not too long before their newest LP comes out in April. If you’re a fan of this one, you’ll enjoy Manchester Psych Festival, which takes place across multiple venues across the city, on the 3rd of September! The Soundcarriers – Entropicalia FFO: Silverbacks, Kit Sebastian, Vanishing Twin, Silverbacks We’ve still got the lovely ‘Blue Daze’ vinyl available too, which I’m sure won’t hang around for too much longer. My top pick here is definitely the beautiful closer of ‘Mariella’ which moves more towards the hazy theme established on their first collaborative outing, but with the soulful groove and minor-key swing of its crepuscular counterpart. ‘Doris’ is a wonderfully indicative start, perfectly tracing the roots of both of their respective sounds, and drawing them together into a swooning, syncopated syrup of bass and snapping echoic percussion, all ridden by the slightly syncopated vocal near-dubs from Bridges. Khrungabin & Leon Bridges – Texas Moon FFO: Babe Rainbow, Tinariwen, SAULT, Whitneyīuilding on the wonderful laidback grooves of 2020’s ‘Texas Sun’, this nighttime redux takes Bridges’ wonderfully smooth vocals and once again lays them over the swooning instrumental bed that Khruangbin do so well. The Pneumatic Tubes record is my personal pick this week, as is any Ghost Box release ever, but the psychedelic ooze of Soundcarriers comes a close second. I usually try to take in the opinions of other shop members when I write this piece, but anyone that knows my music taste will tell you that this week is clearly mostly my influence. I t’s been a couple of weeks since I last did one of these, so you’ll have to forgive the fact that some of these (Soundcarriers / Khruangbin / Sunn O))) ) are from last week, and some of them are out this Friday (t’others). Here’s what he’s selected this week, and why: Every week, Barry aka Apta, over at Piccadilly Records chooses his favourite selections from the new releases that have landed on their shelves.
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