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PC Worship
NYC Stone Age
Shdwply Records No Cat
LP
£12.99
Edition of 300 copies LP from the solo concern of Justin Frye, also a member of Gary War’s group. PC Worship have a more ragged, basement appeal than much of the Shdwply catalogue, with a crude, DIY psych edge that feels closer to the homemade aesthetic of the early Twisted Village sides than the glazed psych-pop most associated with this amazing label. NYC Stone Age feels like a collection of tracks put together over a period of time and it veers into a bunch of mutually fucked zones: there are some honking brass-led jazz breakdowns that match Joshua Burkett-era Vermonster in terms of excessively-damaged free-rock motion, the kind of claustrophobic private basement psych that would erect temples around Vulcan’s Meet Your Ghost LP and some zoned pop/drone songs. Another great one from a label that can pretty much do no wrong.
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Sore Eros
Tal Compass
Blackburn Recordings BBR-004
7”
£6.99
New 7” from these Shdwply recording artists, with a guest appearance from Gary War on synths. This is a beautiful slice of narcotic dream-pop, with vocals that orbit the Jeremy Earl/Matthew Valentine school of unarmoured inflection and a dosed, slow-motion atmosphere that takes Syd-era Pink Floyd into the downer environs of Skip Spence and Bob Desper. Hand-numbered edition of 500 copies.
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