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The Roaring 420s Post New Video for “Blue Jay”

Posted in Bootleg Theater on June 8th, 2015 by JJ Koczan

the roaring 420s (Photo by Carl Ahner)

Dresden, Germany, freakbeaters/classic psych rockers The Roaring 420s released their What is Psych? EP just about a year ago, with four cuts of ’60s-style pre-heavy groove that didn’t place modern chic ahead of sonic loyalism but wound up sacrificing neither. From the organ-laced opener “Blue Jay” to the more decisively-jamming “Hey Hey Rider,” they fit a familiar, lysergic sprawl into remarkably efficient songwriting, veering even wider into piano-and-guitar shenanigans on the closing “Saturday Night,” setting up a honky-tonk vibe as though to illustrate how far out they could go from the surf-and-sitar beast-bellying of “These Woods of Stones,” a cut anyone would be lucky to find in a bin of poorly-labeled 45 singles.

Fitting that the EP should have arrived through Stoned Karma, the imprint of long-running German garage specialists Vibravoid. What is Psych?, which answers its own question in its balance of hooks and exploration, was the second EP by The Roaring 420s, preceded by a 2013 self-titled that, also four songs, boasted a Serge Gainsbourg cover and three tracks repurposed onto the later release. Their first full-length is reportedly in the works that will hopefully build on the swirl conjured seemingly at will on What is Psych?, but in the meantime, a video has surfaced for “Blue Jay” that appears to sum up a lot of the mindset under which the band are operating, what with the drugs, a book called How to Party Hard (think that’s on Amazon?), a bit of crossdressing and hog-tying, and a Serpico-style police bust. So, you know, something for everyone.

Hope you dig it:

The Roaring 420s, “Blue Jay” official video

DECAP Production made this nice video for “Blue Jay”. It features some of our friends as well as the real Monika Lange! There’s also some police violence, drug busting and sex going on, just for the record… We’re currently working on a new album, so stay tuned!

Having entered the public in Dresden, Germany, in 2011, The Roaring 420s have arrived in the international psychedelic and garage rock scene by now. Featuring surf guitars, floating backing vocs and an electric sitar, singles like “Psych Out”, “Blue Jay” or the Serge Gainsbourg-cover “Laisse Tomber Les Filles” soon got airplay outside of Germany and Europe. After numerous shows throughout the continent their full-length debut album “What Is Psych?” has been released on Stoned Karma / Cargo Records in June 2014. In addition, “Blue Jay” was released as 7″ split with Copenhagen-based group The Mind Flowers on Levitation Records.

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