![]() Set to release their new album this summer 'Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True Confessions' features singer/songwriter/guitarist Steve Wynn, drummer Dennis Duck, bassist Mark Walton, lead guitarist Jason Victor plus their newest member Chris Cacavas on keyboards (you remember him from the 1980s Los Angeles band Green On Red). "Clever, ambitious, and blessedly noisy." AllMusicįeaturing singer/songwriter/guitarist Steve Wynn, drummer Dennis Duck, bassist Mark Walton, lead guitarist Jason Victor plus their newest member Chris Cacavas on keyboards, plus guest appearances from Stephen McCarthy (of The Long Ryders) and Marcus Tenney's expressive sax and trumpet work.Īfter several reissues of vintage recordings, The Dream Syndicate recently revealed they had signed to indie institution and 'international guardian of wonky psychedelia' (Uncut), Fire Records. The Dream Syndicate have moved well past their early Velvet Underground influences and taken on British glam, German prog, and more. The brand-new album from The Dream Syndicate blends vintage Krautrock, Eno-like ambience, Neu-inspired rhythmic groove and a Californian sun baked sheen into their classic psychedelic, melodic, hue. In some ways this was a history lesson – a reminder of 80s America that we never saw – but it was the best history lesson ever, full of fun and pointing to the future.Very excited to announce our new album 'Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True Confessions' set for release on 10th June, with new track 'Where I'll Stand' out today. The six of them attack a wonderfully chiming You’re My Friend (originally a Rain Parade song but taken from 3×4) and then end with a brilliant version of Television’s Glory. It’s slower than almost everything else tonight but her vocals are perfect.īy this stage the band had expanded to take in both members of Rain Parade too – it’s a Paisley Rolling Revue. She then sings Too Little, Too Late, from Days of Wine and Roses. Peterson adds harmonies to her own song and it’s a celebration of friendship. Hero Takes a Fall is an old Bangles song but this version is taken from the brilliant 3×4 album of a few years ago (all four Paisley bands covering three of each other’s tracks). It’s the most beautiful noise.īefore you’ve had a moment to think, it’s encore time. Peterson drops scruffy, beautiful guitar lines all over the place, Dennis hammers away on drums with Mark Walton’s groovily thrashed bass working in counterpoint to Steve Wynn, front and centre, and his intense, vital vocal. ![]() Every one a stone-cold classic, every one greeted with the biggest smiles. Tell Me When It’s Over, Medicine Show and Halloween get enormous ovations. Obviously, it helps that there’s a killer tune lurking in amongst it all but still, if this is what happens when you wait for 40 years to see these songs, it’s definitely worth it. Slide Away, from Out of the Grey, is a proper ba-ba-ba pop tune whilst That’s What You Always Say is, simply, the sound of a great rock band having huge amounts of fun. ![]() Instead, she just adds an effortless cool and plays the perfect foil to Steve Wynn’s occasional dash of guitar flash. The glacial guitar lines are picked out by a member of the third Paisley Underground band represented this evening Vicki Peterson is from The Bangles but there’s no way in which she seeks to pull attention from the main event. Where I’ll Stand is taken from the latest album, Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True Confessions, and is a delicious slice of Velvets-y garage rock. Whilst their debut might be the album that’s revered, The Dream Syndicate have been insanely consistent and tracks are taken from right across their catalogue tonight. ![]() A post shared by The Dream Syndicate takes about 30 seconds for the band to warm up and then you’re pitched into the heart of something ecstatic, something so simple, something deeply joyful. ![]()
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