PSYCHEDELIC PROG

Take a trip with Rob Hughes as he seeks out the latest mind-expanding music.

GUM captain Jay Watson and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Ambrose Kenny-Smith first met after a Tame Impala gig 15 years ago, but it’s taken them until now to toast their friendship in song. Issued on King Gizzard’s newly-minted p(doom) label, the ravishing Ill Times is all about the groove, from the rubbery title track into the funky psych of Minor Setback and beyond. Elsewhere, you’ll find echoes of Sparks, UMO, Spacemen 3 and Watson’s own Pond, with Emu Rock taking a delicious turn for the weird. Cypriot psych-rockers Buzz’ Ayaz share a similar fascination with rhythm on their self-titled debut (Glitterbeat). The quartet’s roots in Nicosia’s respective Greek and Turkish communities gives their music a feast of textures, switching from careening Anatolian psychedelia (Buzzi Ayazi) to experimental jazz…

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