YEZZER – Deal with It
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock, Alternative Rock
Just like the magicians, musicians ought to guard their secrets with their lives. They ought never to tell the audience how it is that they do what they do. And, never, under any circumstances, should they tell them why they do it. This would just ruin everything!
The fact is that rock n’ roll is more about what could be and less about what is. It’s a game of deception. It’s a shared illusion, a thing that we all agree to let take over our lives and guide us to a place where we’ve never gone. You don’t need to explain how these things work.
YEZZER understand the importance of mystery for a good song. They pack plenty of it for their psychedelic-biker-anthem “Deal with It.” This is a song where low frequencies dominate the mix and where the groove of the bass is treated as the focal point. It owes a good deal of debt to BRMC. But we can never have enough of these dark-rock sorcerers around, can we?
Vinyl Williams – Petroglyph
Similar artists: Toro Y Moi, The Free Design, Dungen, Arthur Verocai, Stereolab
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Indie Rock, Dream Pop
There are a lot of people in this world looking to dream. And they’re looking for someone to teach them how to do it. Dreaming is not as intuitive to many as it may seem. Especially in times of trouble, the number of would-be dreamers increases just as the total amount of dreams fall into a decline.
It’s easy, however, to understand why this would find so many supporters. Reality is great and all. But no sane person can stand it for extended periods of time. Those who are the sad owners of television or access to the news will find it all a bit too hard to take.
Vinyl Williams’ Petroglyph offers a dreamworld alternative to the grime and disharmony of reality. The realm that the artist has created is colourful and functions by its own rules, a kind of psychedelic metaverse.
Musically, Williams goes for sleight-of-hand tricks, a deep and murky psychedelic production in which the listener can easily get lost. It’s all a space-age kind of groove that’s being echoed, a memento from a better age.
