Up-Tight – Sweet Sister LP

Description

Finally out —Sweet Sister— this mighty masterpiece of dark and wild psychedelia from the Japanese three-piece legends! Fuzz and reverb drenched jamming sounds from the basements of Hamamatsu evoking the always welcomed ghosts ofAmon DlandLes Rallizes Denudes. “Tokyo psych monstersUp-Tightcome out of the classically wasted/drug-damaged school of excessive fuzz and reverb, giving the nod to the endless jam style of Les Rallizes Denudes while spiking their sound with dark downer ballads that owe as much toThe Jacksas they do toThe Velvet Underground. If you can pictureSpacemen 3circa ‘The Perfect Prescription’ produced by Ghost circa ‘Temple Stone’ then you’re close to the outrageous levels of psychedelic excess captured here.Tomoyuki‘s guitar tone has to be heard to be believed, with tactile garage punk crunch put to the service of endlessly euphoric orbits of three droning chords. Up-Tight have been responsible for a buncha the most memorable releases to come out of the post-PSF underground but this has to be their recorded pinnacle, the perfect balance of two chord Velvet downers and strung-out post-Rallizes string violence. One of our records of the year so far — You need to hear this, Highly recommended!” –Volcanic Tongue