321 : Psychobuildings

If you’re a patron of the best places then you probably know Psychobuildings and regularly jam their agitated machine funk, even though they have existed for less time than the cheeseburgers we will eat for lunch. This band is so fresh and new and rapidly evolving that if you watch them for an hour their hair will grow three metres. Lead dude Peter LaBier told us about the Mac, Shaq and… medieval diaphragms.

Psychobuildings – Dirty Rainbows [mp3]

Peter LaBier: “1. People in the middle ages had various forms of contraception including the use of lemon halves as diaphragms…

“2. Shaquille O’Neal has a pile of sailor’s rope on the floor next to his dining room table.

“3. Willi Ninja will bring you joy!”

PL: “What Makes You Think You’re The One by Fleetwood Mac. This song has such a great marching feel, bordering on epic- really open and moving. Somehow it manages to capture a bright quality with shades of melancholy- kind of very sad underneath- if you’re in the right mood(or wrong) it could really catch you off guard and make you cry.”

Fleetwood Mac – What Makes You Think You’re The One (Tusk Tour Rehearsals, 1979)

“Champs by Wire. This song has always blown me away— the minimal and exhilarating combination of brevity and melody. There is a lot packed in here, unexpectedly pop sounding too. You can’t get bored and it always leaves you wanting more, guess that’s just Wire for you…”

Wire – Champs [mp3] [Buy]

PL: “We’ll risk sounding sappy and say: we would wish for more love and
less hate (that might be two wishes combined, not sure… we will go
with more love then)
”

Psychobuildings debut 7″ is now available for purchase at All Hands Electric.

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