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Sunday, November 18, 2007

Cosmic Psychos - Cosmic Psychos



Here's the Cosmic Psychos self-titled LP as requsted by an anonymous user. The Cosmic Psychos are a rock band based in Melbourne and rural Victoria in Australia. An underground band that has only ever achieved limited recognition, they were cited as a significant influence on the Seattle grunge scene of 90s. In particular they have been referenced by members of Mudhoney and Pearl Jam and have supported both bands. Known for their droning, fuzzed-out bass and wah-wah guitar with repetitive lyrics, the Cosmic Psychos have a simple sound that works well in context and remained largely untouched since they formed in 1982 when they evolved from the short lived Bum Steers and first achieved notoriety for their demo ‘Custom Credit’ which received enormous airplay on Melbourne public radio station 3PBS.

It was later released on the Down On The Farm mini LP for Mr Spaceman Records which also released their debut LP. The band later moved to Survival Records releasing Go The Hack which was later licensed to Sub Pop Records. They eventually signed to Amphetamine Reptile Records for the American market for the release of their 1991 album, Blokes You Can Trust. That album was produced by then little-known producer, Butch Vig and it produced a song that became an enduring fan favourite, "Dead Roo". A song about perils of Australian highway hazards.

The band went on to release Self Totalled and Oh What A Lovely Pie. In 2006, after a lengthy quiet period, the Psychos issued Off Ya Cruet on Sydney’s Timberyard Records.
(Year of Release: 1987)

Track List:
1. Decadence
2. Going Down
3. Lead Me Astray
4. No Complication
5. Rain On You
6. Quarter To Three
7. Tell Me That You Love Me
8. Jellyfish
9. Rambo
10. Can't Come In
11. 74 Seconds
12. David Lee Roth

Download: Cosmic Psychos - Cosmic Psychos (61.6MB)

5 comments:

Bloody Holly said...

Welcome back!

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skids said...

nice post mate :-D

Anonymous said...

well at least here in europe they have a good reputation and are very well known

thanks

Anonymous said...

GREAT !!! Thank you very much !

illformation said...

Thanx, I've got the vinyl but never got around to ripping it myself, an awesome album, my favourite of theirs.