Kings and queen of the reverb, Psychic Ills finally deliver their first full-length. Seriously, they've single handedly kick-started a drone-rock revival

Kings and queen of the reverb, Psychic Ills finally deliver their first full-length. Seriously, they've single handedly kick-started a drone-rock revival in my stereo, and while half-baked comparisons to Spacemen 3 and Loop may be inevitable, this NYC quartet are on their own trip. Songs like "Electric Life" and "January Rain" are trance-inducing as they glide on a lysergic groove, with guitars and vocals swirling in tremolo and liquid production, while "Another Day Another Night" conjures shades of the Velvet Underground's "Rock and Roll," but way more psychedelic than Lou and company ever were. Throw in a few poly-rhythmic improvisations, complete with raga-like percussion and ghostly feedback, and you've got a stoned opus that'll take you higher than Dead Meadow's fantastic Feathers album from last year. The perfect prescription indeed! [GH] (February 9, 2006)