Electric Alice, hailing from Kalmar, released their debut album “At the Funeral Home” earlier this year. The strongest vibes clearly come from psychadelia from the late sixties and the early seventies, with occasional excursions to hard rock and stoner rock. In the center stands the singer Luke Julian with his monologues, sometimes almost talk singing, reminding me of Nick Cave and sometimes Lou Reed in the expression. It’s a well-sounding album, well worth a listen.

Find Electric Alice on  their site and on Facebook. Listen on Spotify.

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In the flood of music tips that comes to my inbox, there’s also quite a few good music videos. Before I have only posted them on Meadowmusic’s Facebook page, but I thought that I would start to put them in blog posts as well. Possibly there will also be some Bandcamp and Soundcloud players now and then, but the main focus is still on mp3 songs you can download if you like.

I’ll start today with a couple of videos from Caviare Days. I have written about the psychadelia-inspired sister duo before. Here’s the new video “The Lucky Ones” as well as “You’ll Qualify” from before, both songs taken from their debut album, released earlier this year.

Caviare Days on Facebook – Spotify – Wimp

The Seed Coat is first of all a creation by Alexander Eldefors. The project name was a part of an earlier project of his which never took off, and when this one started out, the name popped up again. Alexander also says that it can be seen as a tribute to The Seeds, which directly leads my thoughts to psychadelia from the sixties, which this to a large extent also is about.

“Mammal Days” is the name of the album that was released last month, an album full of psychadelia that sometimes feels like an updated version of a part of the classic collection “Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era”. The album has been recorded in various locations but still feels like a whole when it comes to the sound, but also shows quite some variation as he walks from the monotone to the melodic, exploring different corners of the psychadelic era. The melodic parts are represented here below by excellent single “I Was Gonna Say Something”, where Alexander also gets help from Gagerman on lead vocals.

You can listen to the album on Bandcamp or on Spotify. Follow The Seed Coat on Facebook.

I Was Gonna Say Something

Caviare Days released their debut single “The Awakening” last month. The title track shines of references from Mamas and the Papas and Jefferson Airplane from the end of the sixties, while the second track “Allure” feels more experimental and difficult to place in time, though also with psychadelia vibes and a large dose of folk music.

The band consists of the two sisters Lina and Maja Westin backed by a band with drums, violin, keyboards and guitars. The single is a first taste of the debut album, to be released next year. Their name is taken from a quote from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “Tender Is the Night”.

Read more on Caviare Days’ site and on Facebook. The single is available on Spotify.

The Awakening

Buy “The Awakening” – on iTunes – on Amazon

side effects have recently released their EP “Feel Flows”. It’s an EP inspired by bands like The Who, Pink Floyd and Love but also from contemporary acts like The Soundtrack of Our Lives and Trummor & Orgel.

It’s a really good EP, where they manage to create their own sound with songs rooted in their psychadelia influences, and which grow into grand and powerful creations.

Listen more on Spotify or on Soundcloud. You’ll also find them on Facebook.

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