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jamieanderson1968 said:
Have to say, if U.F.O is the ROTM, my concept of Psyche-Rock and VMP's are very different. On listening to the first few tracks, it feels like a Lee Hazelwood knock off.
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I was thinking the same thing. Except Lee Hazlewood is immensely more interesting. No idea how UFO would be considered Psych Rock. The only interesting thing about the music is Sullivan’s disappearance story.
 
I SUCCESSFULLY GUESSED THE ROTM!! BOW TO ME!! BOW TO MEEEEEE!!!!

That said, I'm pretty excited for this! The music is great, and the story is insane! Really cool album!

i guessed it by doing a Discogs search lmfao (probably the same way Storf found it tbh)
 
Yeah as for the "psych label" I think there's a major tendency these days to jam anything that sounds remotely psych adjacent into the "psych" category just because it's cool again via the Australian psych bands.

From the little I've heard of Jim Sullivan, I could see slotting him under psych-folk more than psych-rock. IMO psych-folk is one of those practically fictional genres that seems to have no solid aesthetic basis. Is it folk music with psychedelic instrumentation, or straight folk with "trippy" lyrics? Some would apply the term to anything from the Byrds or Donovan, others would reserve it for more out there artists like Linda Perchats. For the life of me I can't seem to figure out why Dylan himself isn't considered part of this genre, since he is both a massive influence on folk singer-songwriters and psych ones. Perhaps psych-folk is really just post-Dylan weirdo artists, but at that point who isn't a post-Dylan weirdo?

Anyways, on this particular stuff Sullivan's vocals remind me more of mainstream folk rock than anything else, so it would really test my application of the label. Almost sounds like the U.F.O. single could a big radio hit if he wasn't caught up on his x-files BS. Seems like a fun balance though, and the exact type of record labels like LITA thrive making public, something that can't get out of its own way in the best way possible. It doesn't feel like it's set out to be psych music, but just happens to have been steeped in enough of the influences to seem that way.
 
NathanRicaud said:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Mark this up with Lloyd Miller being "free jazz" as storf being on a different wavelength with subgenres


Wikipedia calls Jim Sullivan folk, rock, and country. And those make more sense. His voice reminds me of country and his instrumentation is almost completely folk except for some baroque elements (and even then that's only on like two song)
 
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duke86fan said:
This is definitely not psyche

This is just standard folk
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This is why I’m not feeling the music at all. I don’t like the music on this album at all.

This is easily my least favourite ROTM of the year so far. It’s way too country/folk/rock andI don’t find the music to be cute, sexy or naughty........🙅‍♂️

Instant swap for me! Hopefully Freddie Gibbs Piñata, Madlib’s Flight To Brazil, John Lee Hooker’s Serve Your Right To Suffer or Justin Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveSounds magically appears in the Swaptions! 😂
 
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