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“…fuzzy, very psychedelic and it reminds me a bit of The Doors (with the organ work) and of course FUZZ, the other band of Ty Segall. So it's good, and well produced.”

[Samual Regnard]

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Following on from their first single The Active Psychos first album, Mellow Drama,  is due out this winter. An eclectic collection of  songs ranging from gospel to garage via psych and country. Plenty of fuzz, plenty of wailing and above all else a sitar and flute solo.

“Some really lovely garage/psych tones. Lead delivery is strong and has a lot of good character to it, compellingly delivered. I find the texture really pleasing, soundly balanced and weighted in the soundscape.”

[Plainly & Painfully]

About us

A throwback to 1960s with influences including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, 13th Floor Elevators, The Pretty Things, The Spencer Davis Group, The Kinks, The Small Faces, The Yardbirds and generally 1963-1969.

 

Hard to pigeon hole a band whose first album is claimed to be a mixed bag of the best sixties sounds, think The Kinks Face to Face, The Beatles Rubber Soul or The Rolling Stones Aftermath and you’re in the right ballpark for this eclectic band. 

 

The Active Psychos have released their first single that every sixties night in the UK should take note of and now have their new album released on Bandcamp soon on streaming services and pre-order on Limited Edition 12" vinyl.

 

The double A side vinyl release hits to straight in the chops with heavy, gritty, fuzzy guitars and organ and before you can get back on your feet the lead vocal flattens you with a flurry of life ups and downs. The first song, Life, is passion and ambivalence rolled in one; obvious passion for the music and a cynical ambivalence towards the options in life and where they lead. Dissatisfaction with a work and money swells with the voices of the devils angels to lead us into the last verse with a proper outro ascending into chaos that soars right for the climax and finishes in a stomping crescendo.

 

Flip over the disc and you get a different vibe. Gone is the anger and ambivalence, say hello to an altogether more laid-back fuzz track. Where Is My Mind has a swing to it that makes you dance even if you’re sat on your arse. Not many love songs scream with pain and anguish with such precision but this one does - There’s a black hole in my mind / There’s a galaxy of lies / I’m cold to the touch but just don’t realise / Where is my mind. The middle of the song rips into a new thread with vocal phasing and compares love with suicide. Dark.

 

If these two tracks are anything to go by, their album this winter will be spectacular. These songs won’t be on the album so get the single while you can!