We’ve posted a couple of times about the new album from The Asteroid #4. Hail To The Clear Figurines is the sixth album by these Philly psychonauts and is officially released today. To mark the occasion the band have made a new track available for free, and it is one of our stand-out favourites from the record. Album opener Wicked Wire may only be just over two minutes … Continue reading The Asteroid #4 release new album today
What music could be better suited to a Boxing Day than a woozy, hazy, ‘Where am I? What day is it?” kind of psychedelic rock? In fact, we have posted about both these bands before, but both have new tracks from their albums available and thankfully Solar Temple Suicides and Asteroid #4 both mine the space rock theme, and both do it well. So, after too much … Continue reading New from Solar Temple Suicides & Asteroid #4
Supposedly named after Vesta, the brightest asteroid in our solar system, the moniker is an obvious nod to Spacemen 3, the classic UK band which The Asteroid #4 repeatedly cite as an influence. In fact, one of the group’s earliest recorded offerings was an even spacier (if that’s possible) version of Losing Touch With My Mind on Rocket Girl’s tribute compilation to the psych giants. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Asteroid #4
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