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For over 30 years the top 3 of my shoegaze all time favorites have consisted of "Loveless" by My Bloody Valentine at #1 and "The Nightblooms" by The Nightblooms at #2. #3 has been this very album since March 2023. I have 2 original editions of "Loveless" on vinyl and would trade one of them for this EP in a heartbeat.
The perfect soundtrack for the next Bicycle Day. 80 years of Acid and the search for the thing that holds it all together.
Critically acclaimed debut EP from San Francisco's psychedelic shoegaze space rockers, LSD and the Search for God.
"Take a dose of LSD and the Search for God: The highly anticipated debut from these San Francisco space-rockers is finally here!
"This masterful collection of five lysergic-dipped, guitar-based
gems is delightfully reminiscent of the early Creation Records sound. Turn it on and tune in to a psychedelic trip, where swirling guitars and playfully flirtatious boy/girl vocals travel through dreamy pop hooks and fuzzed out drones.
"This brilliant EP makes it clear why their astonishing live performances up and down the West Coast have firmly established LSD and the Search for God as the up-and-coming darlings of the underground psychedelic, spacerock, shoegaze community." (Mind Expansion)
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“This impressive debut EP sounds just as epic as their name.”
- The Deli Magazine, “CD of The Month” December 2006
“If you dig Spacemen 3 or The Telescopes, you will definitely dig LSD and the Search for God.”
- San Francisco Chronicle, “Bandwidth”
“Dreamy indie-warp...”
- San Francisco Chronicle, “Pop Beat”
“An absolute treat for lovers of all things shoegazey and dreamy. Superb.”
- Road Records (Dublin, Ireland)
“A full-on shoegazer assault of crazed guitar sounds coupled with ethereal male/female vocals. It’s an excellent remedy for those who still miss Ride, MBV, Chapterhouse.”
- Losing Today
“Psychedelic shoegazers...”
- SF Weekly
“LSD and the Search for God are the rightful inheritors of the more coherent side My Bloody Valentine and the more experimental, noisy side of Luna.”
- Real Detroit Weekly
“Magical pop...that could inspire one to take meds without a prescription.”
- Autopia Music
“Blissed-out indie rock (think Lost in Translation soundtrack).”
- Splendora
credits
released January 16, 2007
Chris Fifield ~ guitar
Sophia Campbell ~ vocals
Caleb Rush ~ bass
Scott Eberhardt ~ drums
Andy Liszt ~ guitar, vocals
All songs by heavengoing
~except~
Words to "Starting Over" with Sophia
Words to "Starshine" by Sophia
Recorded and mixed at New Future Vintage, Oakland, CA
Produced and mixed by heavengoing
Engineered by Ron Guensche
Mastered by heavengoing and Ryan Van Kriedt at Sunsplit Studios, Oakland, CA
Artwork and layout by Randall Nieman
(c) and (p) 2006 LSD and the Search for God. All rights reserved.
Thanks to Chris Streng, Steve Kennedy, Randall Nieman, Stephen White, The P.Q. Gang, Arlo Howlett, Zach Lambrecht, Kuniko Vroman, Ebin Sandler, Mischa Bregman, Rebecca, Daniel, Karen, and you.
The latest from L.A. DIY fixture Vinyl Williams is a cosmic brew of intricately arranged soft psychedelia. Get into it. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 23, 2022
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Daily focus-training coupled with strong work ethics pointed toward making life more bearable for others, could turn around this age for the better. This album is beautiful. A force for good. CHOSEN
supported by 52 fans who also own “LSD and the Search for God”
Shoegaze ist die Kunst des Dröhnens, doch „Everything Is Alive“ setzt diese Elemente nur sparsam ein. Statt Hall- und Zerr-Sounds aufzutürmen, schäumt die Musik in feinen Bläschen über.
https://tortue.substack.com/i/140348114/slowdive-everything-is-alive-dead-oceans Daniel Welsch