Archives for March 28th, 2004

Psycho-path in action at the Orto Club in Ljubljana. (full size pic) (photo: sps) 

Melée, the lead singer of the Slovenian band Psycho-path, came in for an interview on Thursday. I’m a very poor interviewer, so I’m happy when an interview isn’t a total catastrophe. With Meli there was, thankfully, no catastrophe. In fact, it was the opposite of catastrophic. I had a great time.

I didn’t know about Psycho-path until this week, but I like what I’ve heard so far. Although the name might suggest death-metal, a more accurate description would be guitar-based melodic noise. A bit like Sonic Youth, actually. I hate when reviewers compare bands to other bands (especially when they write things like: "They sound like Mudhoney crossed with early Bing Crosby with just a touch of the Raincoats and pre-1990 Cherrybombers") but in this case, they really do remind me of Sonic Youth.

So, if Sonic Youth is the kind of music that tickles your cherries, there’s a good chance that Psycho-path will tickle your cherries too. I happen to like the former, and I’m happy to have stumbled across the latter.

Psycho-path’s official site is here. (Neat flash introduction, I have to say.) They just started touring Slovenia and will be in Germany later as well. Their current tour schedule is here.

And finally, if you’re curious, you can download the single AIR RAGER (2.77 MB) which is currently being offered on their site. (right click and save…)