Heavy Psych

For the music genre, see Acid rock.
Heavy Psych
Studio album by
Nebula
ReleasedJuly 7, 2009 (2009-07-07)[1]
Studio
Genre
Label
  • Tee Pee
  • Heavy Psych Sounds (2022 reissue)
ProducerNebula
Nebula chronology
Apollo
(2006) 		Heavy Psych
(2009) 		Demos & Outtakes 98–02
(2019)

Heavy Psych is the fifth studio album by the American stoner rock band Nebula.[3][4] It was released on July 7, 2009, by Tee Pee Records.[5] The album was reissued in 2022 by the band's current label Heavy Psych Sounds Records.[6]

Originally self-released by the band as an EP in 2008, the album version is remastered and features three additional tracks.[5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
PopMatters6/10[8]
The Quietus6/10[9]
The Skinny[10]

PopMatters wrote that "Heavy Psych feels both weighted by history and infinitely lighter and spryer than the turgid slop that all too often passes for hard rock these days."[8]

The Village Voice called it "basically their familiar, green-fingered grooves filtered through a little Hawkwind cosmic glop."[3]

The Chicago Reader wrote: "The inspiration they obviously don't care to waste on their album titles gets channeled instead into period-perfect early-70s lazy-pothead comfy-chair boogie and ecstatic explosions of flanged-out guitar designed to turn your skull inside out through your headphones."[11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Eddie Glass, except where noted[2]

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Pulse"  3:55
2."The Dagger"Glass, Tom DaviesGlass, Davies3:37
3."Aphrodite"  4:09
4."Dream Submarine"(instrumental)Davies2:21
5."In the Depth's"  3:52
6."The Other Side"  5:33
7."Crown of Thorns"  3:00
8."Lead Sky"  3:01
9."Little Yellow Pill"  3:49
10."The Perfect Rapture"  3:15
11."Running of the Bulls"Rob OswaldOswald1:54

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[2]

References

  1. ^ "MP3 AT 3PM: NEBULA". Magnet. May 14, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Nebula (2022). Heavy Psych (CD liner notes). Rome, Italy: Heavy Psych Sounds Records. HPS242.
  3. ^ a b Weingarten, Christopher (August 18, 2009). "Nebula". The Village Voice. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  4. ^ Cook, Toby (July 29, 2009). "Nebula – Heavy Psych". The Quietus. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Koczan, JJ (August 19, 2009). "Nebula: Lead Skies On The Other Side". The Aquarian Weekly. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  6. ^ "Nebula – Heavy Psych". Heavy Psych Sounds. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  7. ^ Freeman, Phil. "Heavy Psych – Nebula". AllMusic. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  8. ^ a b Haag, Stephen (September 2, 2009). "Nebula: Heavy Psych". PopMatters. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  9. ^ "Nebula – Heavy Psych". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  10. ^ Cusack, Chris (July 22, 2009). "Nebula – Heavy Psych". The Skinny. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  11. ^ Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Monica Kendrick, Jessica Hopper, Ann Sterzinger, Brian Costello. "The List, August 13-19, 2009". Chicago Reader.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)