Posted in Whathaveyou on July 8th, 2019 by JJ Koczan
Crypt Trip and High Reeper both toured Europe this past Spring, the former in March/April and the latter in April/May. Crypt Trip played Roadburn, High Reeper played Desertfest in London. The way I see the dates, the US-based Heavy Psych Sounds labelmates missed each other by all of five days in terms of intercontinental travel, and as apparently both acts left some unfinished business abroad, it seems only reasonable they’d head back over in good company. They’ll both take part in their label’s festival in Rome, Italy, and Innsbruck, Austria, as well as Desertfest Belgium and a host of other sweet-looking gigs, and because the astounding coincidences keep piling up, they both go supporting killer 2019 releases, as High Reeper‘s Higher Reeper (review here) and Crypt Trip‘s Haze County (review here) both came out this Spring. Go figure.
Still some dates TBA in the UK (that’s the new “Anarchy in the UK,” btw) here, so keep an eye out, but here’s what’s been announced:
*** HIGH REEPER & CRYPT TRIP European Fall Tour 2019 ***
We are so happy to present a very special combo tour. Our beloved HIGH REEPER and Crypt Trip will smash Europe together this Fall playing in Italy, Slovenia, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria and UK. A lot of single shows but also great festivals such as Desertfest Belgium, Heavy Psych Sounds Fest // Roma and Heavy Psych Sounds Fest IBK | Conan, Black Rainbows, more !!!
HIGH REEPER & CRYPT TRIP EU Fall Tour 2019
11.10.2019 IT Pescara-Scumm 12.10.2019 IT Roma-Traffic, Heavy Psych Sounds Fest 13.10.2019 IT Cecina- Fuzz n Roll, Ritmi 14.10.2019 IT Zerobranco-Altroquando 15.10.2019 IT Trieste-El Covo De Jameson 16.10.2019 SL Ljubljana-Channel Zero 18.10.2019 DE Siegen-Freak Sabbath Vol 5 19.10.2019 DE Oldenburg-MTS Record Shop 20.10.2019 BE Antwerp-Desertfest Belgium 21.10.2019 FR Lille 22.10.2019 FR Nantes-La Scene Michelet 23.10.2019 FR Toulouse-Usine a Musique 24.10.2019 SP Bilbao-Satelite T 25.10.2019 SP Aviles-Factoria Cultural 26.10.2019 SP Madrid-Wurlitzer Ballroom 27.10.2019 PT Porto-Barracuda 28.10.2019 PT Lisbon-Sabotage Club 30.10.2019 SP Barcelona-Rocksound 31.10.2019 CH Olten-Coq D’or 01.11.2019 AT Innsbruck-PMK Heavy Psych Sounds Fest 02.11.2019 CH Winterthur-Gaswerk 04.11.2019 AT Koln-MTC* 05.11.2019 UK* 06.11.2019 UK* 07.11.2019 UK* 08.11.2019 UK Bristol* 09.11.2019 UK London-Black Heart*
HIGH REEPER ONLY*
HIGH REEPER are: Zach Tomas – Vocals Shane Trimble – Bass Pat Dealy – Guitars Andrew Price – Guitars Justin Di Pinto – Drums
CRYPT TRIP are: Ryan Lee – Vocals, Guitar Sam Bryant – Bass Cameron Martin – Drums
Posted in Reviews on March 21st, 2019 by JJ Koczan
Day four of the six-dayer. Head’s a little reeling, but I’m not sure any more so than, say, last week at this time. I’d be more specific about that, but oddly enough, I don’t hook my brain up to medical scanners while doing reviews. Seems like an oversight on my part, now that I think about it. Ten years later and still learning something new! How about that internet, huh?
Since I don’t think I’ve said it in a couple days, I’ll remind you that the hope here is you find something you dig. There’s a lot of cool stuff in this batch, so that should at least make skimming through it fun if you go that route. Either way, thanks for reading if you do.
Quarterly Review #31-40:
Electric Octopus, Smile
It’s been about two months since Electric Octopus posted Smile, so they’re about due for their next release. So, quick! Before this 82-minute collection of insta-chill jams is out of date, there’s still time to consider it their latest offering. Working as the four-piece of Tyrell Black and Dale Hughes — both of whom share bass and guitar duties — drummer Guy Hetherington and synthesist Stevie Lennox, the Belfast improv jammers rightfully commence with the 25-minute longest track (immediate points) “Abberation” (sic), which evolves and devolves along its course and winds up turning from a percussive jam to a guitar-led build up that still stays gloriously mellow even as it works its way out. You can almost hear the band moving from instrument to instrument, and that’s the point. The much shorter “Spiral,” “Dinner at Sea, for One” and closer “Mouseangelo” bring in a welcome bit of funk, “Moth Dust” explores minimalist reaches of guitar and ambient drumming, and “Hyperloop” digs into fuzz-soaked swirl before cleaning up its act in the last couple minutes. These cats j-a-m. May they do so into perpetuity.
Onto the best-albums-of-2019 list go San Marcos, Texas, trio Crypt Trip, who, sonically speaking, are way more Beto O’Rourke than Ted Cruz. The three-piece have way-way-upped the production value and general breadth from their 2018 Heavy Psych Sounds debut, Rootstock, and the clarity of purpose more than suits them as they touch on ’70s country jams and hard boogie and find a new melodic vocal confidence that speaks to guitarist Ryan Lee as a burgeoning frontman as well as the shredder panning channels in “To Be Whole.” Fortunately, he’s backed by bassist Sam Bryant and drummer Cameron Martin in the endeavor, and as ever, it’s the rhythm section that gives the “power trio” its power. Centerpiece “Free Rain” is a highlight, but so is the pedal steel of intro “Forward” and the later “Pastures” that precedes six-minute closer “Gotta Get Away,” which makes its transport by means of a hypnotic drum solo from Martin. Mark it a win and go to the show. That’s all you can do. Haze County is a blueprint for America’s answer to Europe’s classic heavy rock movement.
A bit of Tull as Love Gang‘s flute-inclusive opener “Can’t Seem to Win” skirts the line of the proggier end of ’70s worship. The Denver outfit and Dallas’ Smokey Mirror both present three tracks on Glory or Death Records‘ Split Double EP, and Love Gang back the leadoff with “Break Free” and “Lonely Man,” reveling in wall-o’-fuzz chicanery and organ-laced push between them, making their already unpredictable style less predictable, while Smokey Mirror kick off side B in particularly righteous fashion via the nine-minute “Sword and Scepter,” which steps forth to take ultra-Sabbathian ownership of the release even as the filthy tone of “Sucio y Desprolijo” and the loose-swinging Amplified Heat-style megashuffle of “A Thousand Days in the Desert” follow. Two bands in the process of finding their sound coming together to serve notice of ass-kickery present and future. If you can complain about that, you’re wrong.
Very much a solid first album, Heavy Feather‘s 11-song Débris & Rubble lands at a run via The Sign Records and finds the Stockholm-based classic heavy blues rockers comporting with modern Euro retroism in grand fashion. At 41 minutes, it’s a little long for a classic-style LP if one measures by the eight-track/38-minute standard, but the four-piece fill that time with a varied take that basks in sing-along-ready hooks like those of post-intro opener “Where Did We Go,” the Rolling Stones-style strutter “Waited All My Life,” and the later “I Spend My Money Wrong,” which features not the first interplay of harmonica and lead guitar amid its insistent groove. Elsewhere, more mellow cuts like “Dreams,” or the slide-infused “Tell Me Your Tale” and the closing duo of the Zeppelinian “Please Don’t Leave” and the melancholy finisher “Whispering Things” assure Débris & Rubble never stays in one place too long, though one could say the same of the softshoe-ready boogie in “Hey There Mama” as well. On the one hand, they’re figuring it out. On the other, they’re figuring it out.
Five full-lengths deep into a tenure spanning a decade thus far, Faith in Jane have officially entered the running to be one of the best kept secrets of Maryland heavy. Their late-2018 live-recorded studio offering, Countryside, clocks in at just under an hour of organic tonality and performance, bringing a sharp presentation to the chemistry that’s taken hold among the three-piece of guitarist/vocalist Dan Mize, bassist Brendan Winston and drummer Alex Llewellyn, with Mize taking extended solos on the Wino model throughout early cuts “All is All” and “Mountain Lore” while the trio adds Appalachian grunge push to the Chesapeake’s flowing groove while building “Blues for Owsley” from acoustic strum to scorching cacophonous wash and rolling out the 9:48 “Hippy Nihilism” like the masters of the form they’re becoming. It’s not a minor undertaking in terms of runtime, but for those in on what these cats have been up to all the while, hard to imagine Countryside is seen as anything other than hospitable.
Lafayette, Indiana’s The Mound Builders last year offered a redux of their 2014 album, Wabash War Machine (review here), but that was their last proper full-length. Their self-titled arrives as eight bruiser slabs of weighted sludge/groove metal, launching with its longest track (immediate points) in the 7:30 “Torchbearer,” before shifting into the outright screams-forward pummel of “Hair of the Dogma” and the likewise dry-throated “Separated from Youth.” By the time they get to the hardcore-punk-via-sludge of “Acid Slugs,” it’s not a little heavy. It’s a lot heavy. And it stays that way through the thrashing “Star City Massacre” and “Regolith,” hitting the brakes on “Broken Pillars” only to slam headfirst into closer “Vanished Frontier.” Five years later and they’re still way pissed off. So be it. The four-formerly-five-piece were never really all that gone, but they still seem to have packed an extended absence’s worth of aggro into their self-titled LP.
It’s a fluid balance between heavy rock and progressive metal Terras Paralelas make in the six inclusions on their debut full-length, Entre Dois Mundos. The Brazilian instrumentalist trio keep a foundation of metallic kickdrumming beneath “Do Abismo ao Triunfo,” and even the chugging in “Espirais e Labirintos” calls to mind some background in harder-hitting fare, but it’s set against a will toward semi-psychedelic exploration, making the giving the album a sense of refusing to play exclusively to one impulse. This proves a strength in the lengthier pieces that follow “Infinito Cósmico” and “Do Abismo ao Triunfo” at the outset, and as Terras Paralelas move from the mellower “Bom Presságio” and “Espirais e Labirintos” into the more spaciously post-rocking “Nossa Jornada Interior” and the nine-minute-plus prog-out title-track that closes by summarizing as much as pushing further outward, one is left wondering why such distinctions might matter in the first place. Kudos to the band for making them not.
The Black Heart Death Cult, The Black Heart Death Cult
Though one wouldn’t accuse The Black Heart Death Cult of being the first cumbersomely-named psych-rocking band in the current wave originating in Melbourne, Australia, their self-titled debut is nonetheless a gorgeous shimmer of classic psychedelia, given tonal presence through guitar and bass, but conjuring an ethereal sensibility through the keys and far-back vocals like “She’s a Believer,” tapping alt-reality 1967 vibes there while fostering what I hear is called neo-psych but is really just kinda psych throughout the nodding meander of “Black Rainbow,” giving even the more weighted fuzz of “Aloha From Hell” and the distortion flood of “Davidian Dream Beam” a happier context. They cap with the marshmallowtron hallucinations of “We Love You” and thereby depart even the ground stepped on earlier in the sitar-laced “The Magic Lamp,” finding and losing and losing themselves in the drifting ether probably not to return until, you know, the next record. When it shows up, it will be greeted as a liberator.
I’m pretty sure the Sami who plays drums in Orbiter is the same dude playing bass in Roadog, but I could easily be wrong about that. Either way, the two Finnish cohort units make a fitting complement to each other on their two-songer 7″ single, which presents Orbiter‘s six-minute “Anthropocene” with the hard-driving title-track of Roadog‘s 2018 full-length, Reinventing the Wheels. The two tracks have a certain amount in common, mostly in the use of fuzz and some underlying desert influence, but it’s what they do with that that makes all the difference between them. Orbiter‘s track is spacier and echoing, where “Reinventing the Wheels” lands more straightforward in its three minutes, its motoring riff filled out by some effects but essentially manifest in dead-ahead push and lyrics about a motorcycle. They don’t reinvent the wheel, as it happens, and neither do Orbiter, but neither seems to want to do so either, and both bands are very clearly having a blast, so I’m not inclined to argue. Good fun and not a second of pretense on either side.
Space is the place where you’ll find Boston improvisationalists Hhoogg, who extend their fun penchant for adding double letters to the leadoff “Ccoossmmooss” of their exclamatory second self-released full-length, Earthling, Go Home!, which brings forth seven tracks in a vinyl-ready 37 minutes and uses that opener also as its longest track (immediate points) to set a molten tone to the proceedings while subsequent vibes in “Rustic Alien Living” and the later, bass-heavy “Recalled to the Pyramids” range from the Hendrixian to the funkadelicness he helped inspire. With a centerpiece in “Star Wizard, Headless and Awake,” a relatively straightforward three-minute noodler, the four-piece choose to cap with “Infinitely Gone,” which feels as much like a statement of purpose and an aesthetic designation as a descriptor for what’s contained within. In truth, it’s a little under six minutes gone, but jams like these tend to beg for repeat listens anyway. There’s some growing to do, but the melding of their essential chemistry is in progress, and that’s what matters most. The rest is exploration, and they sound well up for it.
Posted in Whathaveyou on January 11th, 2019 by JJ Koczan
As regards Texan heavy rock, Crypt Trip are way more Beto O’Rourke than Ted Cruz, and by that I meant they don’t suck. Set to play Roadburn on April 11 after releasing their second album for Heavy Psych Sounds, Haze County, on March 8, they’ll begin a European tour on March 21 that will mark their first continental incursion. The trio continue to reap well-deserved praise for their 2018 label-debut, Rootstock — another one of those records I lost track of reviewing in that robbery last year, to my retroactive chagrin — but they’re already moving forward, and the track “Wordshot” can be streamed now in advance of the record’s arrival.
It doesn’t take long to get where they’re coming from in terms of vibe, with the pedal steel and swirling wah acting in concert to produce a classic Southern heavy that’s as much about drive as twang. There’s much to dig, and little doubt that Europe will dig it plenty when it comes to the shows. Don’t be surprised if at the end of 2019 way more people have heard of Crypt Trip than at the beginning of the year.
From the PR wire:
Hard rock trio CRYPT TRIP to tour Europe this spring ; new album out March 8 on Heavy Psych Sounds
Texas-based heavy rock trio CRYPT TRIP return to Europe this spring with a 24-show leg, in support of their new album “Haze County” released March 8th on Heavy Psych Sounds Records.
CRYPT TRIP EUROPEAN TOUR 2019 21.03.2019 IT Pescara-Scumm 22.03.2019 IT Parma-Splinter 23.03.2019 IT Alessandria-Cascina Bellaria 24.03.2019 IT Verona-The Stoner Mafia 25.03.2019 IT Zerobranco-Altroquando 26.03.2019 AT Salzburg-Rockhouse 27.03.2019 SL Ljubljana-Channel Zero 28.03.2019 IT Udine-Backyardie 29.03.2019 AT Bludenz-Villa K 30.03.2019 CH Olten-Coq D’or 31.03.2019 DE Mannheim-7er 01.04.2019 DE Marburg-Cafè Trauma 02.04.2019 DE Leipzig-Black Label 03.04.2019 DE Oldenburg-MTS Record Shop 04.04.2019 DE Berlin-Zukunft 05.04.2019 DE Erfurt-Tiko 06.04.2019 DE Dresden-Eichenkranz 07.04.2019 AT Wien-Venster 99 08.04.2019 DE Tubingen Goldene Zeiten 09.04.2019 DE Augsburg-City Club 10.04.2019 DE Bielefeld-Potemkin 11.04.2019 NL Tilburg-Roadburn 12.04.2019 CH Muotathal-Earls Music Club 13.04.2019 IT Pisa-Albatross
CRYPT TRIP is a hard rock trio originally formed in Dallas in 2013. The first incarnation of the band had a heavy psychedelic sound that was reminiscent of a dark 70s underground. It wasn’t long before guitarist/singer Ryan Lee and bassist Sam Bryant relocated to Central Texas, where they met drummer Cameron Martin and began to solidify their sound. Taking their cue from aged rock records, jazz methodology and their cultural roots in the American South, their music presents you with a genuinely personal experience.
Following their debut album “Rootstock”, CRYPT TRIP once again deliver their typical country-tinged southern rock for your ears, mind, and soul. New album “Haze County” explores the intricacy of space and time through nine songs that can easily be defined as the band’s most focused and organic work to date. Blending elements of hard rock, psychedelia and folk music, each track has something different to say. Loud Fender amps and a pounding rhythm section deliver enticing grooves on some tracks, while dreamy guitars take you away on others. Staying true to their Texas tradition, the album features special guest Geoff Queen on pedal steel, adding an entirely different color to the tonal palette.
“Haze County” was recorded and mixed by James Campbell at Cibolo Studios in San Antonio, Texas. It was mastered by Jerry Tubb at Terra Nova Digital Audio in Austin, Texas. High quality analog equipment was used at every stage of production for the best possible “vintage” sound.
CRYPT TRIP is Ryan Lee – Vocals, Guitar Sam Bryant – Bass Cameron Martin – Drums
Posted in Whathaveyou on November 23rd, 2018 by JJ Koczan
Heavy Psych Sounds isn’t wasting any time getting preorders out there for those who want to reserve their copy early of Crypt Trip‘s Haze County, and that’s probably a good idea. Seems like the buzz around the album will be considerable, what with the quick turnaround the San Marcos, Texas, three-piece are making from their Rootstock LP, the time they put in on the road earlier this year alongside Cloud Catcher, the traditionalist spirit of their vibe generally, and what’s presumed to be an impending European tour — they’ve already been announced for Roadburn, and I’d think a stretch of touring is set to either follow or lead up to that performance; did I see something to that effect? am I making it up? — all that buzz feels well-enough justified. The first song from the album has been unveiled, and yeah, ain’t gonna argue against it.
March 8 is the release date, and I’d expect more to come, but as noted, the preorders are up now.
Here’s art and info from the PR wire:
Heavy Psych Sounds Records & Booking is really stoked to start the presale of the album *** CRYPT TRIP – Haze County ***
CRYPT TRIP return with their sophomore album “Haze County” this March 8th on Heavy Psych Sounds Records.
CRYPT TRIP returns! Following their debut album “Rootstock”, the Texas trio once again deliver their typical country-tinged southern rock for your ears, mind, and soul. New album “Haze County” explores the intricacy of space and time through nine songs that can easily be defined as the band’s most focused and organic work to date.
CRYPT TRIP tell us more about this new taster: “As a first look into Haze County, we present to you “Wordshot”. There is deep history in Texas prog and psychedelic music that Crypt Trip is trying to carry on and this song is a shining example of that. Featuring Geoff Queen on pedal steel, we hope that you find it easy to drift away in the varying tones and emotions this track has to offer.”
Blending elements of hard rock, psychedelia and folk music, each track has something different to say. Loud Fender amps and a pounding rhythm section deliver enticing grooves on some tracks, while dreamy guitars take you away on others. Staying true to their Texas tradition, the album features special guest Geoff Queen on pedal steel, adding an entirely different color to the tonal palette.
“Haze County” was recorded and mixed by James Campbell at Cibolo Studios in San Antonio, Texas. It was mastered by Jerry Tubb at Terra Nova Digital Audio in Austin, Texas. High quality analog equipment was used at every stage of production for the best possible “vintage” sound.
“Haze County” will be issued on the following formats: – 25 Test Press – 250 LTD orange Fluo vinyl – 500 Yellow Splatter vinyl – Black vinyl – CD and digital
CRYPT TRIP “Haze County” Out March 8th on Heavy Psych Sounds Records Preorder available now at this location
TRACKLIST 1. Forward 2. Hard Times 3. To Be Whole 4. Death After Life 5. Free Rain 6. Wordshot 7. 16 Ounce Blues 8. Pastures 9. Gotta Get Away
CRYPT TRIP is Ryan Lee – Vocals, Guitar Sam Bryant – Bass Cameron Martin – Drums
Posted in Whathaveyou on May 3rd, 2018 by JJ Koczan
I’m just going to assume ‘Wheels of Fire’ is like ‘Chariots of Fire’ but with a much, much, much better soundtrack. The tour will unite Denver headspinners Cloud Catcher with Texas heavy rockers Crypt Trip, whose debut on Heavy Psych Sounds, Rootstock, is out next week. Presented by Hi-Wattage Booking, it looks like a healthy run, covering a goodly portion of California from north to south before swinging back to Texas and letting Cloud Catcher — still supporting last year’s righteous Trails of Kozmic Dust (review here) on Totem Cat play a gig in Oklahoma City on their way back to Colorado.
A little surprising they’re not hitting up the Pacific Northwest — Seattle, Portland, etc. — this trip, but Cloud Catcher were there last Fall, so it’s not exactly like the ground hasn’t been covered. Still, this seems like it’ll be a good time and I can’t help but wonder at this point if Cloud Catcher don’t have some new material they might be trying out on the road. If you get to see them, let me know.
Here’s the poster and dates:
CLOUD CATCHER & CRYPT TRIP
WHEELS OF FIRE 2018 TOUR May 19 Denver, CO Hi-Dive May 21 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge May 23 Las Vegas, NV Bunkhouse May 24 Reno, NV Jub Jubs May 25 Nevada City, CA Coopers Ale House May 26 San Francisco, CA Thee Parkside May 27 Sacramento, CA Blue Lamp May 28 Los Angeles, CA The Griffin May 29 Long Beach, CA Que Sera May 30 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick June 1 San Antonio, TX The Mix June 2 Austin, TX Hotel Vegas June 3 Ft. Worth, TX Tin Panther June 4 Oklahoma City, OK Blue Note (CC ONLY)
Posted in Whathaveyou on March 15th, 2018 by JJ Koczan
May 11 is the set release date for Crypt Trip‘s sophomore album and label debut for Heavy Psych Sounds, Rootstock. Preorders are open now as well, if you’re the set-it-and-forget-it type. In either case, the Texas trio have done naught the last several years but build a fervent buzz around them what with the kicking ass and all, and as they hit the half-decade mark, they do so looking to reach a new stage and a new audience as a group, so as we’re now inside the two-month mark on the May 11 IPO, seems like it would be pretty exciting times to be in the band.
The inevitable question that remains? Tour dates. As in, how many will they have, where will they go, and when will they be? I suspect we’ll find out soon enough — or, you know, at least before the tour actually starts — but until then, here are album details from the PR wire:
Texas hard rockers CRYPT TRIP share details of new album “Rootstock”, coming May 11th on Heavy Psych Sounds.
Take a trip with “Rootstock”, the new album from the Texas natives CRYPT TRIP. You’ll find that the use of mind-altering substances is not necessary to feel the raw psychedelic power of the band’s sophomore effort. With its many peaks and valleys, “Rootstock” will take you on a journey through musical dynamics and diverse musicianship. You will be confronted throughout with both high-energy rock and gentle moments of refined delicacy. No gimmicks. No strings attached. This is a simple and pure representation of three musicians in a collaborative effort to give you unfiltered Texas hard rock.
“Rootstock” will be issued on Limited Clear Transparent vinyl, Black vinyl, CD and digital on Heavy Psych Sounds .
CRYPT TRIP “Rootstock” Out May 11th on Heavy Psych Sounds Records Preorder start March 13th here
TRACKLIST 1. Heartslave 2. Boogie #6 3. Aquarena Daydream 4. Rio Vista 5. Natural Child 6. Tears of Gaia 7. Mabon Songs 8. Soul Games
CRYPT TRIP is a hard rock trio originally formed in Dallas in 2013. The first incarnation of the band had a heavy psychedelic sound that was reminiscent of a dark 70s underground. It wasn’t long before guitarist/singer Ryan Lee and bassist Sam Bryant relocated to Central Texas, where they met drummer Cameron Martin and began to solidify their sound. Taking their cue from aged rock records, jazz methodology and their cultural roots in the cosmic American South, their music presents you with a genuinely personal experience.
CRYPT TRIP are Ryan Lee: Guitar, Vocals, Elec. Piano Cameron Martin: Drums, Vocals, Perc. Sam Bryant: Bass
Posted in Whathaveyou on February 28th, 2018 by JJ Koczan
Texas-based heavy rock trio Crypt Trip self-released their latest full-length, Rootstock, in January. You’ll find it streaming at the bottom of this post, and I’d imagine that if you want to actually take a listen to it — no reason not to, what with the rock and roll and all — your time to do so is limited. Seems to me that in signing to Heavy Psych Sounds, Crypt Trip‘s situation is somewhat similar to that of Philly’s High Reeper, who’d also self-released a full-length before getting picked up by the Italian label.
Does that mean we’ll see a new version of Rootstock coming up, perhaps with revamped artwork like High Reeper‘s self-titled? Hell if I know, but if you didn’t already press play on album opener “Heartslave” and hear the scorching guitar solos that cap the track, you’ll just have to take my word for it that you won’t regret doing so either way. So yeah. As High Reeper‘s record got pulled from streaming ahead of its official release, so too might Crypt Trip‘s. Get while the getting is good.
Congrats to Crypt Trip as well. They join fellow Lone Star Staters Duel in working with the label, and it’s not at all difficult to imagine the two pairing up for a European tour presented by Heavy Psych Sounds‘ booking arm, though of course I’ve no concrete evidence that such a thing is in the works.
Maybe better to just turn it over to the PR wire. Yeah, let’s do that:
Crypt Trip – Heavy Psych Sounds
HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS Records & Booking is really proud to present a new band *** CRYPT TRIP ***
We are stoked to announce the signing of the american hard rock band Crypt Trip !! More info coming soon .Crypt Trip is a group from Texas that plays hard rock music. Originally formed in Dallas in 2013, the first incarnation of the band had a heavy psychedelic sound that was reminiscent of a dark nineteen seventies underground.
It wasn’t long before guitarist/singer Ryan Lee and bassist Sam Bryant relocated to Central Texas where they met drummer Cameron Martin and began to solidify their sound. Taking influence from aged rock records, jazz methodology, and their cultural roots in the cosmic American South, their music presents you with a genuinely personal experience.
Their new album will be released on Heavy Psych Sounds this year.
CRYPT TRIP are Ryan Lee: Guitar, Vocals, Elec. Piano Cameron Martin: Drums, Vocals, Perc. Sam Bryant: Bass
