Collecting sunflowers on this transparent day with The Creation Factory, Liquorice Experiment, Frankie & the Witch Fingers, Balduin, The Dawnbreakers, The Higher State, The Quarter After, Us And Them and The Turns.**** picture is Alice talking to the blue caterpillar, illustration by Gwynedd M. Hudson in 1922 ****
The Turns are / were a psychedelic group from Los Angeles. I'm not sure if they're still going, no updates on their Facebook page for almost two years. Perhaps their last release was the excellent single I have on Hypnotic Bridge which came out in 2017.
The new Creation Factory single has just been released earlier this month. Both sides are swathed in hallucinogenic sounds and distorted vocals and are about as tripped out as they have ever been. Highly recommended, My advice buy while copies are available.
This single by Frankie & the Witch Fingers is fantastic, lots of psychedelic noise and weirdness. I hope I have more of these kind of sounds to discover from them circa 2016 when this 45 was released. I've checked out some things more recent and they're heading off in another direction, not really my bag though.
What a triumph this 2011 disc is, recorded during their folk psych period.
"Transparent Day" is superb, full of beautiful jangle and soaring harmonies. A definite high point and perhaps thee zenith of
The Higher State.
CREATION FACTORY - SUNFLOWER (Hypnotic Bridge HYP-004) 2019
LIQUORICE EXPERIMENT - LAST TRIP (Gizzard Records) 2019
FRANKIE & the WITCH FINGERS - MANTRA (Hypnotic Bridge HYP-001) 2016
BALDUIN - JABBERWOCK (Sunstone Records SSES 1002) 2014
DAWNBREAKERS - SEA IN A SHELL (Blink 2001) 1999
HIGHER STATE - TRANSPARENT DAY (Get Hip GH-252) 2011
QUARTER AFTER - SHE REVOLVES (The Committee To Keep Music Evil EVILCD 00512) 2008
US AND THEM - CORN RIGS (Fruits der Mer Records 20) 2011
TURNS - JUST LIKE YOU (Hypnotic Bridge HYP-002) 2017