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Psychedelic Witchcraft - Black Magic Man

12/4/2015

 
Taxi Driver Records
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When I was a kid (and believe me, that was a long time ago), I used to listen to the strange sounds emerging from the speaker of my small radio.  I had won that radio on the local fair and I was extremely happy with it, because I could listen to new music instead of the fifteen records my parents owned.  One of the songs that often played on the radio, was 'White Rabbit' by Jefferson Airplane.  I loved it and it follwed me throughout the next years of listening to music.  These days, there's a sixties and seventies revival and some of the bands in that revival make me smile like that little kid again.

Yes, you've guessed it.  This is one of those albums.

Psychedelic Witchcraft is an Italian band led by vocalst Virginia Monti.  Heavily influenced by the seventies and the occult, this band takes the listener right back to the era of Iron Butterfly and Jefferson Airplane.  In today's scene, they would perfectly fit in with bands like Jex Toth and Blues Pills.  The four songs on this e.p. are prime examples of occult or psychedelic rock, rarely nudging towards hard rock.  The whole breathes that vintage and straightforward sound.  A sound that will maintain its warm feel in any format and on any device.

Several female fronted psychedelic rock bands have a problem with vocals, or at least that's my opinion.  Virginia Monti doesn't.  Her voice is a bit raw, pretty warm and has enough power to blend in perfectly with the music.  Strangely, she also gives a modern touch.  In the vocal parts of 'Angela' I'm often reminded of Anouk, which isn't bad at all.  This album truly has a sense of timelessness.

The album is available as a digital download on their bandcamp page and is to be be released on limited edition 10" vinyl by Taxi Driver records.  If you are a fan of anything vintage, stoner, occult and doom from the late sixties until today, you really should check this out.  This is simply a marvellous e.p. with some very sexy rock music...


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