~~PISCES~~
~THE LATEST TIME CAPSULE OF DEEPLY OBSCURE LOCAL MUSIC OPENED BY THE ARCHIVISTS AT THE Numero Group IS THE "Pisces" COLLECTION "A Lovely Sight", A SET OF MODEST, EERIE PSYCHEDELIA FROM EXOTIC Rockford Il. AS THE 1960'S ENDED, Jim Krein AND Paul DiVenti (BOTHE BORN UNDER PISCES) WERE COLLABORATORS IN A LOW~BUDGET STUDIO THEY NAMED "A Lovely Sight", CONCOCTING SONGS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE Beatles, FOLK~ROCK, GARAGE~ROCK AND SUNDRY 60'S POP~.
~THEY SANG OR TURNED THE MIKE OVER TO THE SOMBERLY EMOTIVE Linda Bruner, AND THEY SOUND DEEPLY INTROVERTED, OFFERING LYRICS LIKE "Somewhere There Waits A Golden Day" AND "The Mystery Of Life Is Still Unlearned"~.
~THE SONGS RARELY GO FASTER THAN A MOODY MIDTEMPO, SUSPENDED IN REVERB WITH DISTORTION ON SOME OF THE FRINGES. WHAT MAKES THE TRACKS HAUNTING IS THEIR AUSTERITY, THE WAY THEY USE JUST A HANDFUL OF INSTRUMENTS~NOTABLY. A MINIMUM OF STANDARD TRAP DRUMMING TO SUGGEST DESOLATE ISOLATION. WHETHER IT WAS DILIBERATE ARTISTIC STRAINT OR JUST A LACK OF RESOURCES MAKES NO DIFFERENCE 40 YEARS LATER~.
~THEY SANG OR TURNED THE MIKE OVER TO THE SOMBERLY EMOTIVE Linda Bruner, AND THEY SOUND DEEPLY INTROVERTED, OFFERING LYRICS LIKE "Somewhere There Waits A Golden Day" AND "The Mystery Of Life Is Still Unlearned"~.
~THE SONGS RARELY GO FASTER THAN A MOODY MIDTEMPO, SUSPENDED IN REVERB WITH DISTORTION ON SOME OF THE FRINGES. WHAT MAKES THE TRACKS HAUNTING IS THEIR AUSTERITY, THE WAY THEY USE JUST A HANDFUL OF INSTRUMENTS~NOTABLY. A MINIMUM OF STANDARD TRAP DRUMMING TO SUGGEST DESOLATE ISOLATION. WHETHER IT WAS DILIBERATE ARTISTIC STRAINT OR JUST A LACK OF RESOURCES MAKES NO DIFFERENCE 40 YEARS LATER~.
~PISCES ROCK BAND~
~PISCES~A LOVELY SIGHT~
~PYCHEDELIC ROCK~
~HOMESPUN ILLINOIS PYCH WITH PLENTY OF BITE, HAILING FROM THE "GHOSTTOWN" OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, "Pisces" WERE A DECIDEDLY UNNERVING COMBO. DRAWING AS MUCH FROM THIS SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC AS FROM THEIR OWN WEST COAST, THEY PEDDLED A FAIRLY UNIQUE ACID~FOLK MIX THAT REMAINS GEGUILING AND SPECIAL~.
~THE OPENER KICKS OFF WITH THE FUZZ GUITAR AND DRUMS, BUILDING A TRIBAL BEAT FOR THE GHOSTLY VOCALS OF "Linda Bruner" (THINK "T
hird Ear Band" FRONTED BY "Hope Sandoval). IT'S UNSETTLING AND ARRESTING STUFF. ELSEWHERE, TRACKS LAID DOWN AT THE TIME GLITTER WITH AN INTENSITY AND DEPTH FEW OF THE JOLLY WEST COAST LOT MANAGED~PERHAPS ITS JUS RAINS MORE IN ILLINOIS. "CHILDREN KISS YOUR MOTHER GOODNIGHT" IS AGAIN, DISCONCERTING, BUT THE HIGHLIGHT, "MOTLEY MARY ANN" SHOWS THEY HAD STYLE TO INFUSE THE DARK STUFF.~
~HERE IMAGINING WHAT A "Pisces" ALBUM MIGHT HAVE SOUNDED LIKE BY COLLATING MOST OF THEIR RECORDED WORK, "Numero Group" HAVE HERE TRIUMPHED IN UNEARTHING SOME SERIOUSLY GOOD PSYCH THAT WILL TURN A LOT OF PEOPLE ON~.
https://piscesrockband.reverbnation.com
~PYCHEDELIC ROCK~
~HOMESPUN ILLINOIS PYCH WITH PLENTY OF BITE, HAILING FROM THE "GHOSTTOWN" OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, "Pisces" WERE A DECIDEDLY UNNERVING COMBO. DRAWING AS MUCH FROM THIS SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC AS FROM THEIR OWN WEST COAST, THEY PEDDLED A FAIRLY UNIQUE ACID~FOLK MIX THAT REMAINS GEGUILING AND SPECIAL~.
~THE OPENER KICKS OFF WITH THE FUZZ GUITAR AND DRUMS, BUILDING A TRIBAL BEAT FOR THE GHOSTLY VOCALS OF "Linda Bruner" (THINK "T
hird Ear Band" FRONTED BY "Hope Sandoval). IT'S UNSETTLING AND ARRESTING STUFF. ELSEWHERE, TRACKS LAID DOWN AT THE TIME GLITTER WITH AN INTENSITY AND DEPTH FEW OF THE JOLLY WEST COAST LOT MANAGED~PERHAPS ITS JUS RAINS MORE IN ILLINOIS. "CHILDREN KISS YOUR MOTHER GOODNIGHT" IS AGAIN, DISCONCERTING, BUT THE HIGHLIGHT, "MOTLEY MARY ANN" SHOWS THEY HAD STYLE TO INFUSE THE DARK STUFF.~
~HERE IMAGINING WHAT A "Pisces" ALBUM MIGHT HAVE SOUNDED LIKE BY COLLATING MOST OF THEIR RECORDED WORK, "Numero Group" HAVE HERE TRIUMPHED IN UNEARTHING SOME SERIOUSLY GOOD PSYCH THAT WILL TURN A LOT OF PEOPLE ON~.
https://piscesrockband.reverbnation.com