ALIEN

Limited 12o vinyl-only pressing. Western MA trio Psychic Blood's debut EP is comprised of six tracks of lush beauty and noise marred by shredding guitar whose reverb drips down the walls like expired glue before coalescing in dark corners. Conceived from lost causes, sleepless nights, and a brush with death which landed guitarist/vocalist Jason Vachula in the hospital, "Alien" is less about extraterrestrial beings than it is about alienation from one's own self and the surrounding world. At its core this is not a downer record, but rather a burst of energy; a celebration of the lost, the truly free.