Song of the Day #46: Shaky Shrines – “Can’t Quit”

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Pittburgh’s newest psychedelic rock band SHAKY SHRINES just dropped their debut LP at the beginning of November. The band formed back in July, but in just a few short months they’ve released a couple EPs, a bunch of op art/ music videos and a 2D side-scrolling virtual cemetery website. They even supplied the soundtrack to a documentary about motorcycles, and, oh yeah, we shouldn’t overshadow their new self-released album Mausoleum.

As proven by their long list of accomplishments, this band loves all things creepy and psychedelic. When frontman Braden Faisant isn’t shredding in Shaky Shrines, he works in a “giant cemetery in Pittsburgh doing things like cleaning out crypt spiders, carrying caskets and writing songs while riding different tractors.” As if you needed any other proof, a job like this goes a long way to help mold their doom-flavored psych. “Can’t Quit” is the driving lead single from their new album, centered around shadowy guitar hooks and Faisant’s breathy howling. This is some truly maddening guitar pop disguised by the darkened psych vibes, but that’s only focusing on this lone track. Mausoleum is over thirty minutes of all things psych, whether it’s the drony “Stones in the Graveyard” or the haunting “Someone’s In the Basement.” Be sure to check out the video for “Can’t Quit” below, then head over to the Shaky Shrines Bandcamp for a full dose of their shadowy psych.

Genre/ Tags: Psychedelic, Garage Rock, Alternative, Pop

Shaky Shrines – Official Website – awesome 2D side-scrolling website !
Shaky Shrines on Bandcamp

The Squids – Wizard of Loneliness EP

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Formerly known as Heroes & Heroines, THE SQUIDS just released a new 5-song EP that was tracked and mixed 100% analog. On Wizard of Loneliness they pick up right where they left off from their debut 7″ titled Two Weeks, continuing their run of glimmering garage pop. Continue reading “The Squids – Wizard of Loneliness EP”

Friday’s Find: Mind Spiders – Inhumanistic

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Mark Ryan, the mind behind countless Denton, TX bands (among them the Marked Men and High Tension Wires) is back with the latest LP for his pop-punk project MIND SPIDERS. Inhumanistic is his third album in as many years for Dirtnap Records in Portland, and it’s a record that’s equal parts punk rock, synth pop and sci-fi. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Mind Spiders – Inhumanistic”

Friday’s Find: Wau Y Los Arrrghs!!! – Todo Roto

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Thanks to our friends over at the wonderful Slovenly Records we have an absurd new album to share. WAU Y LOS ARRRGHS!!! based in Valencia, Spain, deliver their third LP Todo Roto after their riotous 2009 sophomore album ¡¡¡Viven!!!. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Wau Y Los Arrrghs!!! – Todo Roto”

Jacuzzi Boys – s/t LP

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Miami usually isn’t the first place you think of as a birthplace for rock n roll music of any kind, but in the case of JACUZZI BOYS it seems impossible for them to be from anywhere else. A newly released LP out on Hardly Art continues to paint a sonic picture of South Florida through the wide eyes of these young rockers, but this time with a slightly gentler perspective. Continue reading “Jacuzzi Boys – s/t LP”