COMING SOON -- THE WICKED AWESOMES "PUNK HOLOGRAMS" LP -- ON PSYCHIC HANDSHAKE RECORDINGS
PSY-003 - THE WICKED AWESOMES "PUNK HOLOGRAMS" LP
Take this for hyperbole if you will, but Punk Holograms is a mindblowing album, and one of the best debut LP's in recent memory. Hailing from the unlikely locale of Edmonton, Alberta (one of the coldest, most northern cities of over 1 million people in the entire world), The Wicked Awesomes have been cultivating their brand of "subarctic frozen glü-wave*" for almost three years now, releasing a split 7" with Montreal's The O Voids, and their debut single, "Information Entropy," on Almost Ready Records last year (the latter of which sold out of its first pressing almost immediately). These five talented young men are like a virtual cool sounds encyclopedia; a lexicon of stellar punk, garage, psych, art rock and new wave influences. A real product of the "download generation," if their ever was one. There are so many potential hits on this record, its unreal. Think of the Black Lips playing Daydream Nation-era Sonic Youth filtered down through Devo, and you're starting to scratch the surface. Listen further and you'll uncover so much more. Expect this thirteen track, 36 minute opus to drop just before August.
OUT NOW -- RED MASS DEBUT 12" ON PSYCHIC HANDSHAKE RECORDINGS
PSY-002 - RED MASS "S/T" 12"
Absolutely killer four song 45 RPM 12" debut by a Montreal collective led and masterminded by Choyce (aka - Roy Vucino, formerly of CPC Gangbangs, Les Sexareenos, Daylight Lovers and Les Enfants Sauvages, just to name a few of his many groups). Brewing for several years prior to CPC Gangbangs untimely demise, RED MASS delivers on the promise of the Gangbangs artier and more progressive moments without losing one ounce of the ferocity or catchiness they were known for. This might very well be the best thing we’ve heard to date from Choyce, but its only the beginning. The scope and potential of Red Mass is enormous. These four songs offer a brief, exhilarating glimpse of their vision.
550 copies on black vinyl
Available right now from Rocket Reducer, Tic Tac Totally and Goner in North America and P-Trash in Europe. Soon to be available for distribution from Scratch Records in Canada
RED MASS PRESS RELEASE:
More than a mere band, Red Mass is a collective and gathering of minds intent to pursue the ideals of free thinking, the use of chaos, sex-magik and liberation through art. After years of preparation and using 'Free Creative Entreprise' as a platform, Red Mass is ready for the big takeover. This "Rock 'n' Roll cult" will rip a new hole in the fabric of our society in these times of economic crisis and ultimately change. The Mass touches on a wide array of mediums from animation, illustration, improvisation, art films to music.
The Mass was created by Choyce in 2008. He did so with the help of CPC Gangbangs member the Roller as part of the 'Free Creative Entreprise' arts collective (formerly linked to the Seventh Order of Chaos), whose main goal is to offer young artists a proper atmosphere where they can learn how to produce and promote their own art.
For the last few years, Choyce has, as one of its central figures, helped to give Montreal's flourishing garage and rock n roll scene international recognition. Having fronted CPC Gangbangs, he now also records and tours with Mark Sultan. At eighteen he and two partners formed Sultan records and then went on to play and record with the Irritations, Daylight Lovers, Del-Gators, Cheating Hearts, Luxury Rides, Les enfants sauvages, Honey and Lies, Milky Ways, Cocobeurre, Bestalita, Mark Sultan, PiPi and Les Sexareenos with whom he released three records on Sympathy For The Record Industry and achieved cult status after touring extensively in Europe, the USA, Canada and Japan. He then formed CPC Gangbangs, whose live act won them the reputation of one of the top rock n roll bands in the world. CPC Gangbangs blew crowds away at SXSW, Sled, Pop Montreal, North by Northeast Festivals to name a few and just recently on their Canadian / American tour. Bound to implode, the band did so, following the departure of key members and the arrest of a member in the USA.
And now, the Mass has opened itself to all, with a sincere belief that it can offer young artists and outsiders alike a new haven. With a slew of singles, 10"s, records and experimental releases, Red Mass is ready to hit. Its psychedelic space rock 'n' roll with elements of noise, folk, punk and electronic music is a culmination of 12 years of hard work. Dark poppy hooks laced with strange sound effects, its is an ode to the past, music for today and the shape of rock 'n' roll to come. Its rotating line-up allows the Mass to tour extensively and consists of some of Montreal's most important current musicians from such bands as Hot Springs, Chocolat, Sunday Sinners and Ghost Limbs just to name a few.
Red Mass is not elitist by any means and welcomes anyone and everyone interested in working among its ranks.
As above, so below
We now welcome you to the Red Mass.
SOLD OUT -- THE NYMPHETS DEBUT 7" ON PSYCHIC HANDSHAKE RECORDINGS
PSY-001 - THE NYMPHETS - Feels Like Motherfuckers 7"
The debut 7" from one of Montreal's best bands in recent years (sadly now in the process of full time relocation to NYC) is a fabulous two song affair of trashy garage punk heavily influenced by the pop sensibilities of late 70s/early 80s British punk and power pop. The A-Side, "Feels Like Motherfuckers," blasts out of the gates with a relentless buzz saw guitar attack and alternating male and female vocals that recall the glory days of early 90s Pacific coast garage punk. The B-Side, "Bekki Anne," changes things up with an up tempo lo-fi power pop tune that is as sweet as it is catchy. Fans of Supercharger, Television Personalities, The (pre-Lookout) Donnas, The Undertones, Fe Fi Fo Fums, The Wax Museums and Forgotten Rebels will likely give this plenty of repeated spins.
500 copies on large hole black vinyl - SOLD OUT
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ALSO, THE HABS LOST THEIR HOCKEY GAME CUZ PRICE DIDNT TAKE ENOUGH COCAINE....the show started real damn late, but no one cared cuz its getting WARM in montreal now...and there was fun in the dark hole of barfly, this is where montreal pours out any musician who cares to come and say"give me some time", where the regulars are diehard rock people, pool people, drinkin folks who revel in the stink of rock n roll and pleasures, and welcome all forms of entertainment.
personally, its one of my favorite places to play, especially in summer, when the sweat just pours from your skin as soon as you strum yer first chord.but what happened was....
THE LEAMERS JUMPED UPON THE STAGE AND MELTED EVERYONE WITH THE WARMEST WET ROCK SOUND EVER IN THE WHOLE WORLD INVENTED GREASIN UP THE REGULARS IN THAT HOLE IN THE WALL BARFLY HAAAAA WITH SUCH AN OUTPOURING, EVAPORATING WALLS WITH AHHHHHHHS WE GONNA PLAY WITH THEM AGAIN MAY 15TH AT IL MOTORE...YA WANNA LET LOOSE AND FEEL GELLED OUT? BELOW
MERLES GITAR BAND (thats us) GOT UP ON STAGE AND HUMPED THE SHIT OUT OF OUR SET, IT WAS SO EASY, IT FELT LIKE JUMPING OFF A CLIFF AND GLIDING, GLIDING, GLIDING PEACEFULLY, DROPPING BOMBS OF FORGET-THIS-LIFE-FOR-AWHILE all over the heads of those people there assembled. for the PURPOSE OF HOCKEY WATCHING AND THEN MAYBE SOME ROCK N ROLL. WE TRANSPORTED THOSE PEOPLE TO ANOTHER SPACE AND TIME, ANOTHER LIFE, ANOTHER BEING ANOTHER STATE AND WE SUMMONED SOME ENERGIES THAT ARE STILL FOLLOWING ME AROUND TODAY TELLING ME THEY ARE THERE WITH THEIR SUDDEN APPEARANCES AND FURNITURE KNOCKINGS, NO DOUBT THEY ARE FOLLOWING AROUND THOSE SO AFFECTED BY OUR MUSIC, THEIR LIVES ARE CHANGED FOREVER. GOOD. WE SANG OF LIBERATION, OF BLOOD, OF FREEDOMS OF REVOLUTION, WE POINTED OUT WHAT WAS REAL TRUTH AND SIMPLICITY AND WE TAUGHT THEM HOW TO TOUCH THAT DIMENSION THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE PLACED BEHIND A VEIL. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO, F
hei psychic hanshake were playing this saturday march 14th @ bistro de paris w/ manymental mistakes and fear eat soul, come theres gonna be a lot of stuff to see, too taste, to lick, to put in yer mouth, to dance.
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