In 2017 we really have to ask “what is Psych Rock?”. It out grew the 60s template of tripped out folk and R&B a long time ago and the bands from the 80s Neo-Psych scene seem merely quaint nowadays……………..so all hail the new breed. 10,000 Russos are a formidable force within modern Psychedelia; their industrial Psych/Post-Punk has been turning on FuzzHeads across the globe with its stomping, shamanic mantras and otherworldly krautrock slant. At their core the band are a primal and celestial mix of The Fall, NEU! And Spacemen 3 and back with a new album on Fuzz Club Records the Portuguese trio have once again transcended the boundaries of Psychedelia as we know it today; their dark, droning noise is twisted, distorted and pushed to its limit. Distress Distress, a darkly dystopian record that reflects the times, is a trip into the dark heart of Psychedelia where no one gets out alive and is so ritualistic and industrial it sees 10,000 Russos patent heavy and darkly Psychedlic Post-Punk sound pushed within an inch of Techno territory at times, with its abrasive, repetitive beats and motorik grooves.
At times 10,000 Russos appear to be redefining the concept of Psychedelic Rock with a ecstatic noise far less guitar-centered, instead it’s propelled by throbbing bass lines, hypnotic chant-like vocals and repetitive stabs of oscillating feedback, drones and loops. Opening with the pounding Techno thump of ‘Distress’ 10,000 Russos channel the Industrial grooves of Throbbing Gristle with squalling noise and jack hammer beats taking Psych Rock deep into uncharted waters. There are strong traces of a heavy Neu! influence on many of the tracks on this record, however it’s not always the free flowing tunes like ‘Hallo Gallo’ but sometimes more the fucked up and experimental second side of Neu 2. Had New Order taken a ton of hallucinogens and explored the dark underbelly of Manchester instead of discovering House Music in the New York clubs then they would have made records like this. On this record 10,000 Russos have set the bar really high…………experimental but accessible and darkly industrial but still very psychedelic, Distress Distress takes Psych Rock to a place where not many bands can follow, smashing together dissident sounds and creating new forms. Psychedelia has evolved……………..this is the new electric music for the mind and body.
Distress Distress is out NOW on Fuzz Club Records and available on vinyl with also a deluxe coloured edition limited to only 250 copies and CD. Available from your local Post Industrial record store, on line and direct from the Fuzz Club store
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