Thursday, January 26, 2012

up and comers - MOONRISES

MOONRISES are the newest addition to Chicago's vibrant psych scene..... and they take you way beyond yr average wanna-be psych band..... 


call them what you will, but MOONRISES describe themselves as prog / punk / psych / free jazz.......  


featuring Plastic Crimewave aka Steve Krakow of longtime CHICAGO spacepunkers Plastic Crimewave Sound, and creator of Drag City's Galactic Zoo Dossier mag on guitar; Ben Billington of free-jazz titans Tiger Hatchery and Wasteland Jazz Unit on drums; and Ms. Libby on keys. 


Sublime space-outs change to propulsive noise-assaults on a dime.....eastern drone, guitar affects cascading all around, slowly building into one propulsive ecstatic end of the world jam...
precision drum freakouts plus hypnotic guitars and interstellar organ equals some of the best psych rock you will hear in 2012...... 


you have to see 'em to believe the glorious noise they make.....


the only way to triangulate what MOONRISES sound like is to list some of the awesome bands they borrow from.....so think CAN, NEU, CAVE, FAUST, ONEIDA, HARMONIA, SUICIDE, FLYING LUTTENBACHERS, HAWKWIND, KING CRIMSON, WOODEN SHJIPS, SILVER APPLES, BLUE CHEER and/ or SPACEMEN 3..... yep MOONRISE will pretty much amaze you.......


watch MOONRISES play live below.....







and listen to some tracks off their new lp / tape OUT NOW 
on GALACTIC ARCHIVE / PRIORITY MALE...  



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