Listening to Psychedelic Horseshit feels like discovering a discarded cassette tape in a gutter and realizing it contains the most infectious, albeit damaged, pop songs you have ever heard. The sound is defined by a thick layer of analog grime, where guitars are distorted into jagged shapes and drums sound like they are being played in the next room over. It is messy, confrontational, and deeply committed to its own disintegration.
What sets them apart is the 'shitgaze' ethos: a deliberate rejection of high-fidelity standards in favor of a raw, visceral experience. While the noise is the first thing you notice, there is a genuine psychedelic sensibility underneath the static. They use the limitations of cheap recording gear as a creative tool, turning tape hiss into an instrument and buried melodies into a game of sonic hide-and-seek.
Start with 'Magic Flowers Droned' to hear the definitive blueprint of the shitgaze movement. If you prefer something slightly more structured but still wonderfully broken, 'Shitgaze Anthems' offers a glimpse into their more melodic, albeit still heavily distorted, evolution.
Psychedelic Horseshit was an American rock band formed in Columbus, Ohio in 2005. That same year, Kevin DeBroux of Pink Reason coined the microgenre and scene, known as "shitgaze" when referring to recordings of Horseshit's material. Lead singer Matt Whitehurst later added the term to the groups Myspace page where it was later popularized. The band has been described as "shitgaze frontrunners" by The Times.
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