Death Valley Girls - Under The Spell of JoyThe album opens with Hypnagogia, an ode to the space between sleep and wakefulness where we are open to other realms of consciousness. The song slowly builds along a steady pulse provided by bassist Pickle (Nicole Smith) and drummer Rikki Styxx. Tripped out saxophone bleats from guest player Gabe Flores swirl on top of the organ drones laid out by guest keyboardist Gregg Foreman. The bands choral objectives for Under the Spell of Joy are established

"If you'd told us at the start of the summer that we'd be finished our album by autumn we wouldn't have believed you

Now back on vinyl for the first time since its original release

the songwriting is sharper and more focused

drummer James Baker (The Victims) and bassist Ian Sharples were breaking up

No Joy / Sonic Boom is Jasamine White-Gluz and Pete Kember

before Steve Reich and Faust

how they lived

Edu Lobo and more

New Zealand alt-country troubadour Marlon Williams signs to the Dead Oceans label (Phosphorescent

usually of a love gone bad

Arthur played keys in the new wave / power pop quartet

“Saw six doctors and a Dr