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Dishwater Psychics
11+ albums
rockalternativealternative rockshoegazemodern rock
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Formed in the Midwestern haze of Dayton, Ohio, Dishwater Psychics is a home recording project of schizophrenic proportions. The band records on everything from 4-track tape machines to 32-channel boards. Reflections of folk, and indie rock coat their understated jangle, which ranges from melodic, acoustic pop to hard edged distorted noise. Guided by Voices, Sebadoh, Pink Floyd, Flaming Lips, you name it. Dishwater's first release, the home-recorded " Industrial Prophet" EP (1999), gained moderate radio airplay and favorable reviews in the local press. The under-the-radar disc "Blueprint of a God" (2000) ratcheted down the sound quality several notches in service of 4-track experimentation. Their next full-length "Candlewax Horizon" (2001) also followed the lo-fi path, but with weirder songwriting and a grainier sonic palate. "The Signal Will Fade" EP (2001) went hi-fi and gathered scattered international radioplay and press. Dishwater Psychics took a long hiatus starting in 2001 but returned in 2006 with "If I Ever Disintegrate," an album written and recorded by principals John and Chris over a couple weekends. Employing a drum machine and lots of distortion, it returned to the roots of 2000's "Blueprint" by busting out a dozen chunky nuggets in the members' spare time, to pleasing results. The band recently released the follow-up, " Dry Night Riverbed," which features the return of original member Dan Miller in addition to John W. and Chris Jones. Significantly, the band
