Again It’s been a few days since my last post. You really wouldn’t believe how time spending while we fix our new home, fully otherwise at usual working , can be hard.
You will have noticed that Australia is playing strong around lately, now adds a fucking awesome collection of psych rock from Melbourne. This was recorded 2011/2012 and was released on 2013 and this record was something like love at first sight. Only took a few minutes to convince me and let me drift .
Grand Rapids pass through drone, psych, shoegaze but not to attribute any of the above only . Basically has a dark , post punk connotations , as if the sun has been cut in two and falls through the clouds above us . Like all happening at that moment where we look summer storm . The vocals are lost in the afterlife as thunders , tumbling guitars , bass, drums , tambourine, everything, all together drenching our head while we walk barefoot , blindfolded and hands asking a little more. Lovely…
The Grand Rapids – Great Shakes
released 18 October 2013
Recorded & mixed at Sing Sing studios 2011/2012 by Callum Barter. Mastered by Paul Fox at Indie Masters 2012.
Released by Psyche Ward.
“Great Shakes” is now available in 200gm vinyl 12″
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“Great Shakes” is the debut album from Melbourne psych rock outfit The Grand Rapids. Recorded over a sprawling 2 & bit years it is a tour de force of guitar laden walls of drone & reverb-o-rama. Released on new Melbourne label Psyche Ward on the 18th October 2013.
Tracklist
1.Dronemachine 04:54
2.Headless Riders 05:15
3.Blow Up 03:02
4.Brians Got A Rubber Soul 05:38
5.Great Shakes 06:07
6.Fake Blood 02:40
7.Julia Now… 06:25
8.Head On 06:31
9.Sailor From The Sky 05:41
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