psyence

After one year of Covid, we highlight the songs our artists have created during quarantine. Featuring new tracks from Deerhoof, Ohmme, Kishi Bashi & El Ten Eleven, plus an interview & music from the infamous Rob Crow (Pinback, Goblin Cock, Optiganally Yours, Thingy, Anal Trump, etc.).

Hosted by Karl Hofstetter, founder and curator of Joyful Noise Recordings.

Background music by Dumb Numbers, Joan of Arc, and Thor & Friends.

Intro by David Woodruff, featuring music by El Ten Eleven.

For more, visit joyfulnoiserecordings.com

Joyful Noise Radio Hour - Episode 3, with Rob Crow

snowflyer - ep

PSYENCE RETURN WITH NEW SINGLE RELEASE ‘YOU & I' AND ANNOUNCE UK TOUR DATES THIS OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER

“A frantic game of snakes and ladders through the kaleidoscopic soundscape” 
NME

“All soaring riffs and sweeping vocals… an intense listen, one that focuses the flamboyance of Psyence into some serious elixir for the third eye” 
Clash Magazine

“The melodic sensibilities of Tame Impala with the rhythmic thud of ‘Exterminator’-era Primal Scream, classic Can and the bludgeoning blues riffs of The Dead Weather” 
The Quietus

“Face melting rock that sounds like Wooden Shjips drowning in a thick, molten vat of acidic organs and churning riffs” 
Q Magazine

PSYENCE have announced their return this October with an infectious new single ‘You & I’ and a series of live dates this October.

Blurring the lines of 60's Americana garage rock and flirting with modern-day psychedelia such as Pond and Temples, Psyence is an intense chemical reaction of face-melting riffs, dynamic vocals and groove-based rhythms that have been locked away up north to slowly mature away before they break out this year.

The 4-piece from Stoke-On-Trent are a band that continue to step into new frontiers. Following on from their acclaimed singles 'Chemicals For Breakfast' and ‘Phoenix’, Psyence will now release another heavyweight single ‘You & I’, mixed by James Aparicio (Grinderman, These New Puritans, Spiritualized, Liars). While it’s more assured, more confident, and more tightly wound than their previous output, it’s another dynamic piece to the armoury that bears the unmistakable sound of Psyence.

Already lauded by the likes of NME, Clash Magazine, Q Magazine, The Quietus, Artrocker and The Guardian, as well as being hailed "the best live band" he'd seen in 10 years by The Charlatan's Martin Blunt following their Liverpool Festival of Psychadelia performance, Psyence are rapidly becoming much much more than just a new ‘one to watch’.

‘You & I’ will be released on October 23rd 2015 through Salvation Records. Psyence will hit the road on a series of UK tour dates throughout October and November.

LIVE DATES;

Stoke, Sugarmill 17th October
Leicester, Soundhouse 29th October
Nottingham, Jam Cafe 30th October
London, Powerlunches 31st October
Minehead, Shiiine On Weekender, 6th November
Manchester, Retro Bar 26th November
Sunderland, The Corner Flag 28th November


Psyence You & I

From the album Freedays, released by Joyful Noise Recordings, 2/17/17.

To say that Mike Savino is an innovator would be an understatement. Touring under the moniker Tall Tall Trees, the banjo-wielding bard has reshaped the landscape of what is possible with the instrument. On stage and in studio, Savino breaks down the banjo into its most basic iteration, reminding audiences that the banjo is, at root, a drum. Coupled with his mastery of electronic effects, loops, toy ray guns, and heaps of spontaneous creativity, Tall Tall Trees has been encapsulating audience members worldwide with his mystifying solo shows, as well as playing alongside fellow innovator Kishi Bashi.  

His latest album Freedays is, in a way, his debut album. Having recorded two previous albums in a traditional collaborative band setting, Freedays is the first album Savino wrote and recorded as a solo project. Beginning in 2015, Savino took a much-needed respite from New York City, where he had spent a decade and a half honing his craft, and assumed the role of sole caretaker at an abandoned health retreat nestled in the green mountains of northern Georgia. The Bird’s Nest, as it was called, completely surrounded by national forest, provided the freedom and space to work without time constraints or interruption. 

Composed and recorded over a period of eight months, Freedays tells the story of a man in transition and documents an artist alone at the crossroads of the life he has and the one he wants. The album begins with “Backroads”, which drops the listener into a darkened forest amidst a chorus of wailing coyotes and quickly takes off on a midnight drive. Tracks like “Being There”, “A Place to Call Your Own”, and “CLC” provide an honest look into the author’s thought process and decision making. Although it’s often hard to imagine, most of the sounds on the album are experiments with the banjo, and they all reflect the innovative musings of one of the freshest sounds to come out of the Appalachians in decades.

Purchase 'Freedays' here: http://joyfulnoi.se/Freedays

Purchase The Album

Tall Tall Trees - Backroads

From the album "Moh Lhean", released on Joyful Noise Recordings 3/3/17.
Get the album here: http://joyfulnoi.se/MohLhean
Tickets at http://www.mohlhean.com

WHY? - This Ole King

"He's Got The Whole This Land Is Your Land In His Hands" releases on Joyful Noise Recordings January 20th, 2017.

Order here: http://joyfulnoi.se/newJoanofArc

He's Got The Whole This Land Is Your Land in His Hands

Joan Of Arc - Full Moon And Rainbo Repair

swing, swing
swing by a thread
why do the things that i love,
always leave me for dead.
everytime i get knocked down, face to the floor
from rolling my dice,
playing tug of war.
don’t let me fall
(don’t let me, don’t let me)
no, don’t let me fall by the wayside.
creep, creep through the dead of the night,
the hardest of times bring the strangest delight.
you got to burn baby burn when the gr*ss is dry,
if i go down in flames call it the fourth of july.
don’t let me fall
(don’t let me, don’t let me)
no, don’t let me fall by the wayside.
ring, ring, it rings in my head,
that one little voice, i’d pay to forget.
oh yeah it moves like venom running cold in my veins.
i rather sleep by myself and die from the pain.
don’t let me fall
(don’t let me, don’t let me)
no, don’t let me fall by the wayside.

Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown - The Wayside (Live From The Beast)

Psychic Temple - Turn Off The Lights

Psychic Temple - SOS

In 1970, Southern soul music maverick Jerry Williams, Jr. made the most radical move of his career. Frustrated with music business politics Williams reinvented himself as Swamp Dogg, an irreverent anti-hero smashing the conventions of commercial R&B music. Swamp Dogg’s debut release Total Destruction to Your Mind featured a post-apocalyptic take on the Muscle Shoals’ sound, with lyrics inspired by the revolutionary politics and psychedelic drugs of the late ‘60s. The music on Total Destruction to Your Mind stood worlds apart from the formulaic pop tunes Williams started cutting in 1954 under the name Little Jerry, and Swamp Dogg hasn’t looked back since. 

But the music business wasn’t ready for Swamp Dogg, nor was the rest of America. His bizarre album titles and wild cover art turned the average consumer off, while his subversive lyrics earned him a spot on Richard Nixon’s infamous enemies list. Swamp Dogg was not deterred. He seemed to relish operating from the margins of the music business, consequently becoming one of the quintessential outsider figures in American music. 

Now, nearly fifty years after his debut release, Swamp Dogg stands on the precipice of another radical reinvention. His latest creation, Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune, is a nine song collection featuring production by Poliça’s Ryan Olson, and finds Swamp Dogg’s bluesy southern soul colliding head-on with 21st Century electronic music production techniques.

Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune

LP/CD/Digital

I'll Pretend

'The Door' is the first song ever written by The Wands. It's part of the EP 'Hello I Know The Blow You Grow Is Magic' released on 10" vinyl via Fuzz Club Records in November 2012.  

The Door

This is an unauthorized mashup of Alan Watts' "Do You Do It or Does It Do You?" and Sigur Rós "Liminal Sleep". Best experienced while sleeping or in an altered state of consciousness.

The Pattern (Alan Watts & Sigur Rós)

Exclusive 7" released as part of the Too Pure Singles Club on May 27th. 

A digital copy can be purchased at: http://hookworms.bandcamp.com

Limited to 750 Copies.

Recorded by MJ at Suburban Home
Mastered by Alex Wharton at Abbey Road
Artwork by Anna Peaker

On Returning

Featuring new and unreleased tracks from Joyful Noise Recordings, plus a candid and philosophical interview with Tim Kinsella. 

Songs from: Sleep Party People, Swamp Dogg, jess joy, Danielson, Kishi Bashi, Dale Crover, Anal Trump, Alan Watts & Sigur Rós, Big Business, and Joan of Arc. 

Background music by El Ten Eleven, Joan of Arc, and Dale Crover. 

For more, visit joyfulnoiserecordings.com

Joyful Noise Radio Hour - Episode 1, with Tim Kinsella

from One Track Mind on Sacred Bones Records
http://sacredbonesrecords.com/releases/sbr089/

One More Time

Featuring new and unreleased tracks from Joyful Noise Recordings, plus an interview with our artist and friend Dale Crover (aka, legendary drummer of the Melvins, Nirvana, Redd Kross, etc.). 

Songs from: Paul Leary, Serengeti, The Ophelias, Dumb Numbers, Joshua Virtue, Toshi Kasai, Dale Crover, and Melvins. 

Intro by David Woodruff, featuring music by El Ten Eleven.

Background music by El Ten Eleven, Joan of Arc, and Thor & Friends. 

For more, visit joyfulnoiserecordings.com

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