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Witch

Witch Radio

General Info

  • Genre: Crunk / Psychedelic

    Location Brattleboro, Vermont, US

    Profile Views: 738324

    Last Login: 3/9/2012

    Member Since 2/10/2006

    Website www.teepeerecords.com/bands/witch

    Record Label Tee Pee Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Witch released their sophomore LP Paralyzed in March on Tee Pee Records. Paralyzed finds Witch evolving beyond the standard Sabbathian riff structure that defined much of their first record. Witch step into a new realm on Paralyzed, melding punk rock tempo's with acid guitar freak outs while maintaining sludgy head nodding grooves. Rather than revisit the sounds of the 60's/70's, Witch reinvent them. The punk overtones and sped up tempos are largely due to Kyle Thomas' shift in songwriting to suit the free wheeling energy of J Mascis' drum playing. This is clearly evidenced in "Mutated" and "1000 MPH". Thomas admits, "J plays drums with a lot of energy, so I decided that instead of writing slow songs and having them speed up when we play them live, I should just write faster songs". While "Paralyzed" does find Witch injecting many postmodern elements into their classic hard rock base, their ability to interweave these sounds track to track throughout the record is what makes Paralyzed so good. From the way the album begins with the frantic urgency filled "Eye" to the epic "Old Trap Line", (A track inspired by philosophies drawn from Vipassana Meditation and the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, through the lenses of the practice of hunting rites) closing the album in an infectious psychedelic groove.

  • Members

    Dave Sweetapple - Bass.. Kyle Thomas - Guitar / Vocals.. J Mascis - Drums.. Graham Clise - Guitar

  • Influences

    various

  • Sounds Like

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Videos

Fog Rising

06:02 | 1538 plays | Apr 6 2010

Comments

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  • Hand Of Glory

     -Jaccob
    Hey guys i think your band is amazing and you guys are my favorite .
    I think your guys's debut was the best stoner dom album out there and your second was really awesome to.
    Your guys's sound has influneced my band as much as the legendary sleep, electric wizard and of course sabbath!
    http://www.myspace.com/597170001
    Here is a link to my band hand of glory.
    we are stoner doom like you guys please give schizophrenia a listen i think you will like it:)

    3 months ago
  • Stetson

     Hello guys, Deanne Boisvert told me about this band and it sounds pretty cool!
    Here is a link to my band:
    http://www.myspace.com/tecasikiri
    Not stoner but rock. Thanks for the add

    8 months ago
  • MENTES DE ÁCIDO

    Hi!!!
    New home for Mentes de ácido

     http://archivo-mentesdeacido.blogspot.com

    Esta será la nueva dirección donde Mentes de ácido tendra su viejo material  y donde proximamente subiremos nuevas cosas inéditas y actuales.

    Ya tenemos resubidos varios artículos:

    Arte psicodélico y rock
    La conversión psicodélica de los Beatles 
    Blue Öyster Cult 1967-1974 4
    Sun dial

    Y pronto más!!!
    Un saludo

    11 months ago
  • Caryn D Prescott

    Whooo!! You guys are cool!! 

    1 year ago
  • Hans tator

    Merci !
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNLzNe2iuro
    http://youtu.be/FJHvgGdoy60
    blog : http://blocmotor.tumblr.com/
    Hans

    1 year ago
  • mute switch

    Witch, come back!!! 

    1 year ago
  • ViscountPeter D'Atelane

    sup guys, hey, today I requested "Seer" on W-MBR, (MIT station), the DJ gave it a big talk up, and mini bio of the band. It was also the "head of the Charles Regatta" today, and 100,000 foreigners were in town. I hope your band gets the cred it deserves and some radios were tuned in and cranking from the frat houses along the River Charles! Here is a link to the archives for the station, good for 2 weeks, but if you download the show link, it works for a couple of months. It is called "Hidden Capitol", local music. http://wmbr.mit.edu/www/sched-sat#hidden . BTW, I found your music on iTunes, after buying some Blue Cheer. They recommended Witch as well. Never heard the band on the airwaves before today. Radio stations might be concerned your music could melt the transmitting towers, or cause wide-spread psychodelia! (haha) ! Hope to see you up in Brat someday, peace-out...Pete

    1 year ago
  • Kedash

     Check out Sky Hi Studios new Recording Studio
     
    http://www.SkyHiStudios.com/RecordingStudio.aspx

    Also, Check out Sky Hi Studios Models Page with lots of fine looking models like her: 
     
    http://www.SkyHiStudios.com/Models/Default.aspx

    1 year ago
  • Eric Cope

    I sing what I see, and what I see is beautiful. and how are you today. Im doing ok. it was a full moon last night. today the crows have come back, after a long time. I herd them singing early in the morning in the trees. and I wanted to tell you......... what was I going to tell you? do you know what I was going to tell you?   

    1 year ago
  • ObscuryS

     INFERNAL HAILS!
    THANX FOR SUPPORTING THE GERMAN UNDERGROUND!
     
    Thomas/OBSCURYS

    1 year ago
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