JUST BE DONE WITH IT

The compilation these suckers came from (not the one pictured above) is called Psych Funk Sa Re Ga! and is described as psychedelic funk from India (1970-83).  How that pertains to the songs below I've no idea, because there's very little in the way of funk or psychedelia going on here.  "Psychedelia," by the excellent X'lents, owes more to no-name surf bands stretching their exotic chops than anything else.  It's something like the Venture's "Outer Limits" meets Al Garcia and the Rhythm Kings' "Exotic," and with a snippet of Dick Dale's "Miserlou,"  all bashed out in a gloriously cheap sounding studio.  Viola! A Bollywood surf proto-mash-up!  The Black Beats "The Mod Trade," has a similar sound, though borrows less in the way of pre-existing licks.  Atomic Forest's "Mary Long" is a Deep Purple cover that, though unusual, is not nearly as awesome as the band's name.  It doesn't sound like Deep Purple at all.  What it does sound like is one of those shredding shoppers in a guitar store, taking a fuzz box on a test run, with a drummer in the other part of the store making a similar spectacle of himself; and all the while, a woman singing along with a broke ass karaoke machine.

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Listen:
Psychedelia - X'Lents mp3 at Clumsy and Shy
The Black Beats - The Mod Trade mp3 at Pop Matters
Atomic Forest - Mary Long mp3 at Stones Throw