***Dream In Colour Kidz (debut album, D.I.C.K)***

Goner Records To Reissue Australia's COSMIC PSYCHOS:
Down On The Farm (1985)
Cosmic Psychos (1987)
Go The Hack (1989)

COSMIC PSYCHOS
Sometime in the winter of 1989/90, I wandered into New York City’s Midnight Records, a store famous for its deep catalog of 60s garage and psychedelic music, as well as a strong selection of classic punk rock, and a cantankerous French owner with ridiculous hair. On this visit, instead of hearing a puny French bootleg of The Standells or the Seeds, as I opened the door I was enveloped in the massive opening chords to the first song on the Cosmic Psychos then-new album GO THE HACK. “She’s a lost cause / she’s a lost lost cause!” blasted into the air at maximum volume. In a perfect cinematic moment, the drums announced my entry, the bass dictated my walk, the air became thick with guitar fuzz and wah wah, and snarled vocals described perfectly a girl’s descent into a cause which was lost. Instead of record shopping, I felt like I’d stepped into a biker movie and was motoring down a long straight outback road on a Harley. This was my introduction to the Cosmic Psychos and I was hooked.

I loved that a band could be so powerful and sound so big and unapologetically simple, and incorporate so much of what I loved about music - well, basically the attitudes and sounds of the Stooges and Ramones, setting up songs with a good title or idea, matching it with a massive riff, then running it out with squeals of wah wah and manly disregard for cleverness or adornment. AND THEY CALLED THEMSELVES THE COSMIC PSYCHOS! They obviously had no regard for “makin’ it” in those days when an alternative rock band at least had a chance to sell some records. I was an instant fan.

Earlier records proved to be the same formula with even less refinement, and that was definitely a good thing. These were lovably manly Aussies singing about what they knew best- farm equipment, lusting after Elle Macpherson, wishing they were in Van Halen (for the ladies), drinking at the pub, and even more drinking at the pub. Trivia question: In what indie rock song does the lead singer bellow, “I love my tractor!”?  Answer: NONE! No scarves or looking like Stevie Nicks straight out of the hairstylist’s for these fellows. They were the real deal before the deal was dealt. And couldn’t care less.

The Psychos enjoyed a long run through the 80s and 90s on such Australian labels as What Goes On, Mr Spaceman, Survival, and Rattlesnake, as well as American stalwarts Sub Pop and Amphetamine Reptile. Many bands from that era no longer seem vital today, lost in a murk of crisp drums, loud guitars, flannel shirts and shallow aspirations. These first Cosmic Psychos releases feel as timeless and necessary as ever, still a bullshit bulldozer, a blurry loud night at the bar, a rollicking time hanging with the guys. The time has come for a new generation to be uplifted by these initial blasts from the Cosmic Psychos. Goner is proud to partner with Melbourne’s esteemed Aarght Records to once again bring these platters of primal perfection into a world that definitely needs them. As Ross yells in Go The Hack’s “Back In Town,”

“We’re B.I.T.! BACK IN TOWN!”   

Indeed.

- Eric Friedl / Goner Records

Watch the trailer for 'Blokes You Can Trust': http://www.cosmicpsychos.com.au/

Formats / Release Info
Down On The Farm 12” ep: http://www.goner-records.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=11614
Cosmic Psychos: http://www.goner-records.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=11616
Go The Hack: http://www.goner-records.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=11615

Down On The Farm + Cosmic Psychos CD**:
http://www.goner-records.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=11552
Go The Hack CD: http://www.goner-records.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=11553

Cosmic Psychos "Lost Cause" // 'Go The Hack' Out Now On Goner/Aarght Records

Bad Relationships

I Miss The Road

Dream In Colour Kidz sink their teeth into some pretty heavy surf styled indie punk rock with the release of self-titled album, D.I.C.K. It’s been 6 months in the making and the band had to climb a bunch of hills on Fuck-Up Mountain to achieve every bit of sweet sounding rock it could take. Go back 6 months: the band was homeless, one member had a broken leg, but they were still recording. If your appetite for music shifts close to sadomasochistic voyeurism, you'll be happy you listened. Dave Ruby Howe (Triple J Unearthed) sums it up quite perfectly by calling it, "Herky Jerky Gutter Dwelling Punk".

The first track, ‘Sea Devil’, kicks everything off with a lone guitar, surfy drums and a mental-sounding pirate who is reading Moby Dick. If you’re afraid of the Sea and need to shake it off, listen to ‘With You’, before you jump back in and start ‘Bubbling’. 'Pain and Ice Cream' is fourth in the batting order and can only be described as hardcore-pop mixed with happy punk. After the intermission, the last four songs kick it into gear and take it home with Skateboarding, Media Lies, Alien Abduction and Cask Wine (Goon) topics aplenty.

Dream In Colour Kidz launch their self-titled album D.I.C.K, on the 12th of July, 2015 and it will be in all major online stores. If you would like to stream it, download it or buy it, go to our website (www.dreamincolourkidz.com) or listen out on iTunes, Spotify or Bandcamp. 

“As the monkey said to the banana, give me some skin” Loose Banana – next single for D.I.C.K.


Pain and Icecream

Bubbling

Dream In Colour Kidz sink their teeth into some pretty heavy surf styled indie punk rock with the release of self-titled album, D.I.C.K. It’s been 6 months in the making and the band had to climb a bunch of hills on Fuck-Up Mountain to achieve every bit of sweet sounding rock it could take. Go back 6 months: the band was homeless, one member had a broken leg, but they were still recording. If your appetite for music shifts close to sadomasochistic voyeurism, you'll be happy you listened. Dave Ruby Howe (Triple J Unearthed) sums it up quite perfectly by calling it, "Herky Jerky Gutter Dwelling Punk".

The first track, ‘Sea Devil’, kicks everything off with a lone guitar, surfy drums and a mental-sounding pirate who is reading Moby Dick. If you’re afraid of the Sea and need to shake it off, listen to ‘With You’, before you jump back in and start ‘Bubbling’. Pain and Ice Cream is fourth in the batting order and can only be described as hardcore-pop mixed with happy punk. After the intermission, the last four songs kick it into gear and take it home with Skateboarding, Media Lies, Alien Abduction and Cask Wine (Goon) topics aplenty.

Dream In Colour Kidz launch their self-titled album D.I.C.K, on the 12th of July, 2015 and it will be in all major online stores. If you would like to stream it, download it or buy it, go to our website (www.dreamincolourkidz.com) or listen out on iTunes, Spotify or Bandcamp. 

“As the monkey said to the banana, give me some skin” Loose Banana – next single for D.I.C.K.
