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Reverb for Lovers reviews Lay Llamas Thuban

They say (loosely translated):


Lay Llamas has become the solo project of Nicola Giunta. The Sicilian had to cope with the departure of Gioele Valenti, who is now fully dedicated to his solo project JuJu . For the new record, " Thuban " (Rocket Recordings), Giunta took over for the first time the lyrics and the vocals.

For the rest, he got help from an illustrious round. For example, members of Clinic and The Pop Group are there, and part of Goat's vocal duo also contributed. Together with his ensemble Giunta went on an expedition.

In the Krautrock techno sound he wove different elements. Far-Eastern sounds, African rhythms, free jazz and world music appear in different places. Sometimes they are formative, sometimes adding nuances.

Eye-Chest People's Dance Ritual, for example, focuses on New Wave chic and gently introduces strange sounds. "Holy Worms" is relaxed funky, but also impulsive. Somewhat cooler and technoid looks like "Silver Sun". The saxophone provides tips.

Collaboration with Clinic, "Cults and Rites From The Black Cliff," pushes, is shimmering and threatening. "Altair", on which the Goat singer performs, looks like a forgotten B-side of the Swedish band.

On the eight and a half minute long "Fight Fire With Fire," Mark Stewart of The Pop Group delivers a compelling spoken word performance about clanking beats. "Chronicles From The Fourth Planet" is fuzzy and mystical. The final "Coffins On The Tree, A Black Braid On Our Way To Home" flows multi-layered and almost meditative.

Read the full review here: Reverb for Lovers

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Anthroprophh and Lay Llamas in Dayz of Purple and Orange's 'Albums of the year so far'

They say:

Anthroprophh - OMEGAVILLE
The Heads who out Heads The Heads....this is fucking huge! An album that bends genres and expectations. An album that starts as one thing and ends another. Genius, no other word will suffice 

Lay Llamas - Thuban
Brilliant...no other words necessary 

Read the full piece here: Dayz of Purple and Orange

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Bandcamp Daily Lifetime Achievement piece on the mighty GNOD

It reads:

In our Lifetime Achievement series, Bandcamp Daily takes a deep dive into the work of artists with a staggering number of releases to their name.

When The Sex Pistols performed at Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall in June 1976, the gig was so inspiring that many people in the audience went on to form bands of their own—among them The Fall, Joy Division, The Smiths, and Simply Red. A similar, if less-seismic, thing occurred after the Massachusetts free-psych collective Sunburned Hand Of The Man visited Manchester some 30 years later. As legend has it, there weren’t a lot of people in the crowd that night, but many of them went on to play in Gnod.

Buoyed up by Sunburned’s rapturous performance and influenced by the diverse recorded output of vintage krautrock experimentalists such as Can, Gnod formed in late 2006 and have never looked back. They have a fluid, ever-changing lineup, and various members and collaborators come and go as they please (often to reappear at a later date). The personnel regularly swap roles and instruments. They vehemently refuse to stick to any one style because a.) it would be boring, and b.) that kind of practice is a sure-fire way of diluting creativity. In Gnod’s eyes, musicians who engage in honing a formula are simply caught in the act of making themselves more palatable for mass consumption. That’s marketing; not art...

Read the rest here: Bandcamp Daily

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Watch Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs live at Raw Power Festival

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Watch Bonnacons of Doom live at Raw Power Festival

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Rocket Probes – June playlist

Lay Llamas – Thuban
(Lay Llamas new album was released this month and its psyched out summer vibe has been a perfect soundtrack)
Lay Llamas

Oneida – Romance
(One of our albums of the year...)
Oneida

Camedor - En Ut / Alba
(Repetitious electronica minimalism)
Camedor

Our Solar System – Origins
(Nice swedish psych on Beyond Beyond is Beyond)
Our Solar System

Deaf Kids – Pés Atados
(Such a pleasure seeing this lot play at Supersonic Fest and down the Shacklewell Arms, great band)
Deaf Kids

Joanna Brouk - The Space Between
(Ambient The Necks like minimal classical chimes, synth, and piano)
Joanna Brouk

Ben Vince & Joy O– Transition 2 / Systems Align
(Great techno/jazz collaboration from Houswives Ben Vince and Joy O)
Ben Vince & Joy O

Warp Transmission - The Process Ultra
(Nice bit of psych rock with a Gaye Bykers meets early Monster Magnet type of vibe)
Warp Transmission

Deru - 1979
(Eno-esque Ambient sounds)
Deru

Crack Cloud – Swish Swash
(Nice mash-up of Housewives, Beefheart, Stereolab and Talking Heads)
Crack Cloud

Rafael Toral – Sound mind sound body
(Sit back and relax...)
Rafael Toral

BIB - PMF 
(Last track on their EP POP...proper sludged out psych punk that the man, the legend Cherrystones turned us on too)
BIB

New Kingdom - Good Times (Del Remix) / Animal
(Great stoned out Hip Hop)
New Kingdom
New Kingdom

Black Midi – bmbmbm
(Repetitive noise...bit of a GNOD meets Housewives feel to it)
Black Midi

OGOD – More Hearing
(Good doomy space rock)
OGOD

Sophia Loizou - Irregular Territories
(Mike from Teeth of the Sea pricked up our ears to this droning jungle noise)
SophiaLoizou 

Fire! - The Hands
(Jazz. Rock.) 
Fire!

Street Sounds – UK Electro
(Going way back to our roots, used to breakdance to this!!)
Street Sounds

Listen to our 'updated-monthly' Rocket Probes Spotify playlist:

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Listen to first play of new Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs track on Mary Anne Hobs BBC6 Music Show

That is right...you can hear an exclusive first play of brand new Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs track called 'Cake of Light' on today's Mary Anne Hobbs show on BBC 6 Music.

Listen here at about 2h:48m: BBC 6 Music

And watch this space for more Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs news real soon!

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Watch GNOD (R&D) live in Cork

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Bristol Psych Festival reveals stage times

Bristol Psych Festival is just one weeks away, and they have just revealed their stage times

It will be an early start for you to go and see Anthroprophh.
They are first on, at SWX at 3pm

And then Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs headline the Lanes at 11pm

The Heads also play The Lanes at 8:30pm

Info/Tickets here: Bristol Psych Fest

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