PSYCHEDELIC HORSESHIT – Shitgaze Anthems – 12″

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After about a two year absence, PSYCHEDELIC HORSESHIT is back with an EP of alleged B-sides from an upcoming full length. And what has happened since we last peeked in on these “shitgaze” innovators? Well, in parts all over the world that famous “distorto-lo-fi-sound” has been popping up in quite open spaces. No Age has become the new Brittany Spears, Wavves crashed in outta nowhere like a mid-nineties major label grunge signing, and cute and sweet Vivian Girls are playing on the speakers in Target stores nationwide. What does this have to do with the new Psychedelic Horseshit EP? Well, nothing really, except that if you expect to hear that tired and true lo-fi sound, that is now so en vogue, you might be a little disappointed cause these boys have cleaned up a little bit, and from the sound of things this might only be the beginning. And even though you wanna hate ’em, you gotta admit, they kinda are fun. MATT is a dick, of course, and RICH is hilariously clueless mostly, and by all means most of the stuff on this Shitgaze Anthems EP shouldn’t work, whether it be the white-boy dub section, the cliche acoustic ballad with backwards guitar, the blatant Dylan rips, or the overall amateur playing, but for some reason these elements that usually reek of pretention and failure actually endear you to the band and their songs.