Heavy Psych

Heavy Psych
Studio album by
Nebula
ReleasedJuly 7, 2009 (2009-07-07)
Studios
Genres
Labels
  • Tee Pee
  • Heavy Psych Sounds (2022 reissue)
ProducerNebula
Nebula chronology
Apollo
(2006)		 Heavy Psych
(2009)		 Demos & Outtakes 98–02
(2019)

Heavy Psych is the fifth studio album by the American stoner rock band Nebula. It was released on July 7, 2009, by Tee Pee Records. The album was reissued in 2022 by the band's current label Heavy Psych Sounds Records.

Originally self released by the band as an EP in 2008, the album version is remastered and features three additional tracks.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star
PopMatters6/10
The Quietus6/10
The SkinnyStarStarStar

PopMatters wrote that "Heavy Psych feels both weighted by history and infinitely lighter and spryer than the turgid slop that all too often passes for hard rock these days." The Village Voice called it "basically their familiar, green-fingered grooves filtered through a little Hawkwind cosmic glop." The Chicago Reader wrote: "The inspiration they obviously don't care to waste on their album titles gets channeled instead into period-perfect early-70s lazy-pothead comfy-chair boogie and ecstatic explosions of flanged-out guitar designed to turn your skull inside out through your headphones."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Eddie Glass, except where noted

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Pulse"  3:55
2."The Dagger"Glass, Tom DaviesGlass, Davies3:37
3."Aphrodite"  4:09
4."Dream Submarine"(instrumental)Davies2:21
5."In the Depth's"  3:52
6."The Other Side"  5:33
7."Crown of Thorns"  3:00
8."Lead Sky"  3:01
9."Little Yellow Pill"  3:49
10."The Perfect Rapture"  3:15
11."Running of the Bulls"Rob OswaldOswald1:54

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

References

  1. ↑ "MP3 AT 3PM: NEBULA". Magnet. May 14, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Nebula (2022). Heavy Psych (CD liner notes). Rome, Italy: Heavy Psych Sounds Records. HPS242.
  3. 1 2 Weingarten, Christopher (August 18, 2009). "Nebula". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on September 14, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  4. ↑ Cook, Toby (July 29, 2009). "Nebula – Heavy Psych". The Quietus. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  5. 1 2 Koczan, JJ (August 19, 2009). "Nebula: Lead Skies On The Other Side". The Aquarian Weekly. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Nebula – Heavy Psych". Heavy Psych Sounds. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  7. ↑ Freeman, Phil. "Heavy Psych – Nebula". AllMusic. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  8. 1 2 Haag, Stephen (September 2, 2009). "Nebula: Heavy Psych". PopMatters. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Nebula – Heavy Psych". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  10. ↑ Cusack, Chris (July 22, 2009). "Nebula – Heavy Psych". The Skinny. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  11. ↑ Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Monica Kendrick, Jessica Hopper, Ann Sterzinger, Brian Costello. "The List, August 13-19, 2009". Chicago Reader.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)