In the silent depth of space, immeasurably old, immeasurably far, glittering with a silver flame rolls a great and burning star that bears the noble name: HALCYON.
Last night Halcyon checked out the quadruple bill at the Echo, consisting of psychedelic longhairs The High Saints, a North Hollywood band The Yelling, Night Horse (who I’ve previously posted about here) and of course, Halcyon sweethearts Trigger Renegade (we also reviewed their show w/ Binges, Din Caliber and Priestess here.)
You know, just hanging out being Swedish musicians, no big deal.
Swedish psychedelic God DUNGEN (really, in Sweden there’s like, Thor, then Odin, then Dungen) will play the Echo this Wednesday, November 12. The show starts at 9pm.
Last time I saw them play at the El Rey, they were really amazing- at one point they jammed all Jethro Tull up in the forest style on flutes for like 20 minutes. Had I taken peyote, I most definitely would have either found my spirit animal or at least hallucinated Pan beckoning me into a cave. But like, a kinda hot Pan, and less hairy. To read more about Dungen, check out Daniel’s recent review of their new album, “4.” One of my favorite passages:
“With “4,” Dungen further cements its spot among artists who have transcended a superficially “psychedelic” sound, i.e. coated mundane compositions that relies on fancy effects and studio trickery to compensate for lack of cerebral complexity. What places Dungen among genuinely psychedelic artists like the legendary 13th Floor Elevators and early Pink Floyd is the simplicity with which the music is played — stripped down but still tripped out and clearly distanced from that tiredly beaten path of folk-psych.”
Below is an ethereally gorgeous video for their jazzy, multi vocal harmony dream-float song, “Familj,” that is probably totally not influenced by acid and nature. Just kidding, it is. Though it took me some time and a few different Swedish dictionaries, I have determined that the most linguistically appropriate translation is, “Family.”
