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Neo-Psychedelic
Since the mid to late 2000's, the popularity Psychedelic Rock music in Australia has been steadily climbing due in part to the worldwide success of Perth band, Tame Impala. The Neo-Psychedelic scene in Australia is inspired by the experimental Psychedelic Pop of Pink Floyd the jangly guitar-driven sound of The Byrds, the distorted free form jams, and the sonic experiments of 60's Psychedelic bands. To bring the style into the 21st Century, Australian Psychedelic music carefully blends these elements along with Electronic Music, Shoegaze, Hip Hop and a multitude other genres that have come to prominence since the 60's. Rather than being propelled by song lyrics, the edginess of the scene comes from the music which relies heavily on the use of effects including tape delays, phasers, sitars, fuzz boxes, and pitch modulators.

Generally, the lyrical content differs from early Psychedelic music which focused mostly on absurdity and drug use. Although there's still references to those subjects, the lyrics dial in on the issues introspection, paradox, identity, and isolation. The vocal melodies tend to weave together with the music to create a wall of sound as opposed to prominent, melodic lines. The main point in modern Psychedelic music is to make listeners feel as if they have transcended into a dream-like state, solely through attentive listening to the music.

Perth is where a majority of bands in the Psychedelic boom are coming from. Bands from Perth such as, Tame Impala, Pond (Australian band), Mink Mussel Creek, Gum (band), and Allbrook/Avery share members, making the scene in Perth almost as if it were one big band. Spinning Top Music manages these bands as well as running press and social media. The dynamic of the Perth bands tends to be more cerebral and Pop oriented than the raucous, tripped out rock by the likes of Wolfmother from Sydney or King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard from Melbourne

It's mainly two record labels, Modular Recordings and Flightless Records who have been signing and promoting most of these bands. Promotion of these bands is focused mostly on regions outside of Australia with some of the biggest audiences being the US, the UK, and Mexico. Australian independent radio station, Triple J has also helped propel a multitude of these bands to garner a worldwide audience, with Youtube videos, articles, and airtime. Australia itself has a large number of music festivals that cater to the Psychedelic, as well as other alternative music, scene. These include Big Day Out, Sydney Psych Festival, Come Together Music Festival, Pyramid Rock Festival, among others.

Notable Bands
Tame Impala

Pond

Gum (band)

Wolfmother

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Jagwar Ma

The Morning After Girls

Mink Mussel Creek

The Lovetones

Doctopus

Van She

Shiny Joe Ryan

The Silents

Beaches (band)

The Murlocs

Violent Swells

Blank Realm

John Steel Singers

Bushwalking