Brainiac 5 - Journey To X - [Vinyl]

180g vinyl and gatefold sleeve. Rejuvenated psych-explorers THE BRAINIAC 5 return with Journey To X, their second full-length outing since their 2012 reunification. The band have stripped back to the two guitars, bass and drums format of past glories, yet continue to move forward with renewed energy and fresh ideas. Say the band, "After experimenting with sax and flute for our last album, we thought that this time we would revert to our core four-piece psych/punk guitar orientated template. With the introduction of the powerhouse drumming of Joe Malone, we've certainly come up with some blistering music in this vein. However, somewhere along the journey we seem to have also wandered off on some other new paths. A touch of the smoky jazz cellar and African influences, a slight nod to country-blues and beyond. With lyrics inspired and influenced by Elizabeth Jennings, Robert Graves and The Golden Bough, we think this makes for a heady and intriguing mix, yet still all somehow manages to sound like The Brainiac 5". Emerging in the mid-70s out of the UK's isolated yet thriving South-Western scene, they found fans in John Peel and Alex Chilton, but split before their debut album World Inside was released through celebrated psych label Reckless (Bevis Frond, Black Sun Ensemble, Mu). But with frontman Charlie Taylor returning from years in the US, the Brainiacs reconvened, in 2012. "The group's music has a freshness and verve that makes their recent reformation seem entirely justified" - Prog. "It's like finding something you never knew you'd lost" - The Wire. "The West Country's answer to Television" - Shindig!. "Punk energy harnessed to a serious Ladbroke Grove attitude, the result a wonderful cornucopia of sound" - Terrascope

Brainiac 5 - Journey To X - [Vinyl]

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