Red Telephone - Victoria Park (2020)

Red Telephone formed in Cardiff in late 2017, and their chosen style of music is a richly layered dark psych, combining shimmering and angular guitars with an infectious melancholic melodiousness, and all topped by the idiosyncratic vocals of Declan Andrews. I was first alerted to them by the superb 'Victoria Park', and quickly sought out more from the band on Soundcloud, and I also found that they were posting on Bandcamp at the same time. Over the next few years they released seven singles, as well as posting other songs online, and there is now enough material available for a ten-track compilation of all of their music. Drawing on hypnagogic pop and industrial rock influences, the band’s experimental ethos has caught the attention of DJs such as Steve Lamacq and Huw Stephens, and I have to say that they are one of the best modern psychedelic rock bands that I've heard for a while, with an acid-tinged guitar sound that is missing from a lot of current contenders. Red Telephone are actually still going strong, unlike many of the bands in this series, so do support them on Bandcamp. 

Track listing

01 You're Not Wrong 
02 Kookly Rose 
03 Day Off
04 I'm Always Thinking About You
05 Victoria Park
06 Not Myself 
07 Suburb Machine 
08 I Don't Want It Back
09 Stamp Man
10 Dream