
New York City’s
Dead Heavens, the psych-rock project of guitarist and frontman
Walter Schreifels, that boasts ex members of
Vanishing Life, Gorilla Biscuits, Rival Schools, Quicksand, Youth Gone Mad, White Zombie, Psychotica, Youth of Today, Bold, Into Another and
Cults, have released their new album
Whatever Witch You Are today in the UK via
Dine Alone Records.
Whatever Witch You Are possesses sharp angular sounds and psych inflections and melodies that seem wrought out of rebar, strong, pared down, and purposeful at every point. If anything, their musical origins have permitted
Dead Heavens to approach blues and psych rock without nostalgia, arriving at an audibly honest sound, stripped of any of the tassels or affectations.