Psychedelic Rock Influenced By Experimental Electronic Jazz

The Tame Impala/Pond influence over Perth music still remains despite it being almost 10 years since their debut. There’s a number of bands playing around the traps that would consider themselves purveyors of psychedelic rock, many of whom have been further propelled by the recent success of bands such as Melbourne’s King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, who have toured here quite regularly.

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets have made a name for themselves around town for their riff heavy, high energy live shows and if their name doesn’t give it away, they’re very well cemented amongst the psychedelic rock genre.

“It was originally a solo bedroom recording project that was created from prevalent procrastination phases while studying at uni,” says vocalist/guitarist, Jack McEwan about how Psychedelic Porn Crumpets got started.

The project became officially a band following the addition of drummer, Danny Caddy. Guitarist, Luke Parrish, and bass player, Luke Reynolds, came on board later. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are just about to launch their debut LP High Visceral {Part 1}, it features the three singles released so far Marmalade March, Cubensis Lenses and Cornflake.

We asked McEwan what he was listening to whilst he was writing this album.

“Quite literally everything," he says. "I can never stick with one genre and hopefully you can pick that from the album. I’ll wake up and listen to Dungen, Sonson, Tame, make my way through the day with some Free The Robots or Flying Lotus and get into some experimental electronic jazz.”

Most of the album was recorded in a barn McEwan was living in at the time. Local producer Michael Jelinek mixed the album. “He spent so much time and energy working on this project he felt like he was part of the band," McEwan notes. "His work evolved the album into something none of us were capable of and managed to bring character and life to the sound. It evokes so much more emotion than the early takes we gave him.”

Originally published in X-Press Magazine