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Let's spin
the history dial back and wonder what if Hitler had
inherited six million dollars instead of being
responsible for the deaths of six million Jews? Think
about it-- no Anne Frank, Joseph Mengele, or Auschwitz;
marzipan sales would be way up, cocaine legal, and
vegetarians would have had an early advocate and mentor;
the German Sheperd would be the national bird;
watercoloring might even be a serious medium-- the mind
boggles. And as an ardent fan of classical music (not to
mention the six mil burnin' a hole in his pocket, Mein
Gott!) you can bet Adolph would have been on board with
Psychedelic Horseshit. The sounds on Magic
Flowers Droned captures the rickety skeletal pop
of Step Forward-era Fall, the lo-fi fuzz of Swell Maps,
and static noblesse of Slay Tracks-era Pavement. Is that
classical enough for ya? For sure, this full-length
debut is no Parsifal, but to these guys, sometimes a
spear is just a spear and The Holy Grail is a movie made
by Monty Python. As for Wagner, four outta five
housepainters will tell you theirs is a name you can
trust. Now where'd I put that joint?
Considered by the Columbus cognoscenti as the "little
brother band" (Stooges-style) to
Times New Viking
(MC5-style), Psychedelic Horseshit first came about as
three buds determined to crash a hippie fest and jam retardo. When asked for their name, singer/guitarist
Matt Whitehurst replied, "Just call us Psychedelic
Horseshit." The band killed, the name stuck, and thus
the die was ignominiously cast. Since then, they played
with the Urinals, Country Teasers, Dan Melchior, Blues
Control, toured with Pink Reason and
Times New Viking,
ruled a couple showcases at the 2007 SXSW, basically
doing what they can to lay the foundation for the
release of this debut LP (a previous 7-inch on the
Columbus Discount label made many 2006 Best Of lists,
too).
Distempered, jaded, harmonious, and ramshackle,
Psychedelic Horseshit keeps the glass half full; the
question is, do you have the courage to drink their wry
and wizened brew? Sure you do, it's the tonic of
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