psychedelic/ space rock , both old and new

[toodarkpark]

This German trio absolutely kill it IMO!

[toodarkpark]

Psyhedelic rock certainly:

[andrewwerdna]

I'm very unfamiliar with the genre but I do like this album:

[anfortas]

I can only second Hawkwind. An absolutely great band.

[poppet108]

legendarypinkdots.bandcamp.com/album/seconds-late-for-the-brighton-line-2
I've been getting in heavy to the Legendary Pink Dots.
I found about them through this community and they're amazing. An intoxicating blend of psychadelia, neoclassical darkwave, neofolk and post-punk.

[toodarkpark]

[balbulus]

A good opportunity to share one of my all-time favourite bands, Crow from Whitstable in Kent, UK. A great fusion of tribal space-rock, punky thrash and psychedelic prog. I first saw them in 1993 and quickly became an obsessive fan, and helped to promote them around the area. In recent years I helped to remaster their two albums which had previously only been released on tape. Enjoy:

crowkent.bandcamp.com/

[toodarkpark]

May 22, 2019 6:16:13 GMT -5 balbulus said:

A good opportunity to share one of my all-time favourite bands, Crow from Whitstable in Kent, UK. A great fusion of tribal space-rock, punky thrash and psychedelic prog. I first saw them in 1993 and quickly became an obsessive fan, and helped to promote them around the area. In recent years I helped to remaster their two albums which had previously only been released on tape. Enjoy:

crowkent.bandcamp.com/

Listening to the first album now bud, this is good stuff!

You should convince the band to release a complete discography CD or something similar, I'd but it for sure

[balbulus]

May 22, 2019 18:40:45 GMT -5 toodarkpark said:

You should convince the band to release a complete discography CD or something similar, I'd but it for sure

Cool, glad you like it. We were planning to release both albums on CD, but those plans never materialised. Maybe one day.

[toodarkpark]

May 23, 2019 11:15:02 GMT -5 balbulus said:

May 22, 2019 18:40:45 GMT -5 toodarkpark said:

You should convince the band to release a complete discography CD or something similar, I'd but it for sure

Cool, glad you like it. We were planning to release both albums on CD, but those plans never materialised. Maybe one day.

All I can say is I only listened to them once and I was convinced of the quality of this band, contact some labels make it happen!

[balbulus]

Here's a few more obscure UK bands for you, this scene was a bit of an obsession of mine for many years:

Moondragon, fantastic crusty space/punk from Cornwall, very similar in feel to Crow. They later evolved into the folk/rock band 3 Daft Monkeys who are still going strong.
youtu.be/92zAMHUldZM
youtu.be/3CB-zoxepfs

Paperhouse. Another good space/psych band, not as punky as Crow or Moondragon.
youtu.be/jZ2XuWD4y5Q

Mind Octopus, spacey psych/funk from Ashford, Kent, and good friends of mine. Released a 3 song demo of hazy stoner psych, later recorded an album at Abbey Road that was never properly released.
youtu.be/b-_Kdv2zLQ0
youtu.be/1eyQ1fmFlxU

Soma, from Sheerness, Kent. Great spacey prog, like a more spacey Yes or Genesis:
youtu.be/inL6hFOACE4
youtu.be/e9ikK_Xm8Js

Door Marked Summer, the band that evolved into Crow. Less spacey, but might be of interest:
youtu.be/RibMzb7MOHk
youtu.be/d17lNCLZqYI

Iowaska. Fantastic music, again very similar to Crow with a thrashy punk take on space rock, but let down by the appallingly bad witchy/pagan lyrics:
youtu.be/MlYIVKGpHlg

Lastly (and definitely least!), my first band Elemental. Lengthy instrumental space rock jams, trying too hard to sound like Crow and Ozrics.
woodsmanmusic.bandcamp.com/album/elemental-rehearsal-demos


If you're unfamiliar with the UK festival psych scene of the 80s and 90s, here's a few more names to investigate:
Mandragora, Omnia Opera, Dead Flowers, Sons of Selina, and of course the early Porcupine Tree stuff.

[toodarkpark]

Working my way down the list now.

[Mike Moth]