![]() ![]() Basslines keep your soul rooted, bringing low end rumbles that remind you not to venture too far off the psychedelic path, or you’ll be forever lost in pink candy floss clouds. Sitting firmly and comfortably in low-slung desert grooves, this album is steeped in the subculture that inspired the record a sonic time machine in which the band’s guitars traverse a rich sonic soundscape, reproducing the lavish and luxurious analogue atmospherics of rock’s most decadent decade for a modern audience. To quote the band’s closing song Warped, they certainly “ take you out of your mind” and “ show you places you should never know”. Even so, PSYCHLONA’s natural ability to plunge you into psych rock nirvana is awe-inspiring, as your imagination flies to lofty heights with the lavish guitar leads. Despite this psychological expansion, the ever-prescient loneliness of the vast desert is never far behind. Throughout the album’s duration, your mind feels expanded as you get lost in the luscious delayed reverbs, whilst being grounded by the flanged, earthy bass lines. This further adventure into the depths of the shifting desert sands has given the band’s sound a more ethereal nature. Moving away from the more traditional BLACK SABBATH inspired parts of their sound as seen on Venus Skytrip, it feels as though PSYCHLONA have ventured up SLEEP’s Holy Mountain, creating a hulking, dune-eating riff machine in the process. Whilst its predecessor Venus Skytrip was a more atmospheric affair, Palo Verde is weightier, as if the Mojave sun is beating down on your brow, causing a whole manner of punk-infused psychedelic madness. ![]() After two exhilarating chapters of their cosmic journey having already passed, 2018’s Mojo Rising and 2020’s Venus Skytrip, this album plunges you even deeper into the ever-evolving world of PSYCHLONA.ĭrenched in simultaneously swirling and prismatic colour, Palo Verde cuts straight to the point, hurling you down a Willy Wonka style tunnel filled with magical psychedelic wonders from the very first second. Kicking up the dust across the desert as they cruise in their Cadillac under the sun, Palo Verde is a luxuriously rich kaleidoscope of heatwave hallucinogenic colour. Traversing the sonic cosmos in a riff-fuelled time machine, the band’s third album Palo Verde is their most electrifying effort yet. Harnessing the power of punk alongside the far out sounds of 60s and 70s psychedelia of the Palm Desert scene, PSYCHLONA have become one of the UK’s premier heavy psych rock bands as the doom and psych scenes undergo a significant renaissance.
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