Lumerians is a psychedelic band from California, blending fuzzy guitars and massive drums with kosmische synths et spacey arpeggiators (Fuck All Y'all). They toured with Black Moth Super Rainbow, possible influence on their retrofuturistic and highly distorted synthlines (the gothic closing track Clock Spell). Third proper studio album for the Oakland based quartet, "a penetrative exploration of Earth through an alien gaze gone native" according to the band, Call of the Void is also their first to be released by Fuzz Club Records, British independent label known for its taste in all sorts of experimental rock, from shoegaze and psychedelia to post-punk and noise (Singapore Sling, Dead Rabbits and The Underground Youth are a few examples of its loyal roster).
Saturated with dozens of over-hyped untalented revivalists like Psychic Ills, White Fence, Thee Oh See and the whole Ty Segall nebula, the American new psychedelic scene needs more bands like this one, able to transcend an efficient songwriting with dense walls of sound, epic drum patterns and out of this world synthlines (Silver Trash). Futuristic and yet organic, Lumerians' signature sound is full of distorted synths tangents and dystopian arpeggiator sequences (Space Curse), and this ecstatic vibe most psych-rockers nowadays seem to be satisfied with is part of a more ambiguous mood here, like extraterrestrial dreams catching up with our reality (Signal). Some of the tracks are instrumental and the music speaks for itself, but when Jason Miller takes the mic, his vocals become an element among others, from the weirdly hymnal and deliquescent Fictional and its feverish crescendo to the baroque and hypnotic Ghost Notes.
A must-have this year for those of you still believing in evocative and forward-thinking rock music :
And if you're living in Paris with nothing else planned for thursday night, you can catch their (probably costumed) set at Le Petit Bain, part of the new Fuzz Club evening with French psych-rockers You Said Strange and London shoegaze/kraut/psychedelia/post/everything monster The Oscillation, aka the best guitar band of the past ten years, nothing less. You can even win some tickets here.
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