psychologist: 'Comes In Waves'

Speaking from a personal level, every so often an artist comes along and completely stops you in your tracks and completely reevaluates why such a driving passion for new music is nestled deep into your psyche. A sea of promos land on the doorstep of TLOBF HQ day-in day-out; a lucky dip of the good, the bad and the very bad. Often bemused by the sheer mass of music one is expected to digest, at times a lack lustre approach to new artists develops. It sometimes takes a hard smack across the face to make you realise there are still undiscovered acts around that have the chops to reignite said passion. Thank christ.

Waves of OK, the debut release from London’s psychologist hit me like a ten ton of bricks. The sheer emotional weight of the five tracks numbed me for hours after listening. Over and over and over I reimmersed myself. It was an incredibly cathartic experience to say the least.

I won’t describe the music that you’re about to hear because, hopefully, you’ll be taken aback just as I was.

Waves of OK will be released as an etched 12″ vinyl on Not Even/Moshi Moshi Records on 7 March. The recording is part one of a two-part release, which will be known casually as Epidural.

psychologist chose to record the songs all in the space of one day at St Matthias Parish Church, Stoke Newington, where he will be performing the live incarnation with a twelve piece choir on Wednesday 16 March. Tickets for that show go on sale next week via Eat Your Own Ears.