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Psychic Bloom
12+ albums
psychedelicsoulrock n rollPsychedelic Rockvintage
about
Risen from the underground and basements in Tehran, Iran, Psychic Bloom was formed in 2012 to fulfill long-held ambitions and unexpressed burning desires of a young-hearted sun child, Aref Ahmadi, nicknamed as Hashill. Despite years of expectation, Hashill picked up his first-ever guitar in 2009, was soon accompanied by an old schoolmate, and started making music only a few years later. Growing up in schools and a society in which he could hardly express himself turned out to be a blessing in disguise, letting him shape the core sound of his self-titled debut album. Back in his early teenage years, left alone and dusty, Metallica cassettes, found in his older brother’s drawer, and a few other pieces of music came to be his guiding light to survive in “asphalt-jungle Tehran,” revealing the trail for him to pick his way to the world of music and make an old dream come true. Hashill picked his way through his favorite bands on his guitar until he found a Fender vintage Jaguar in Shiraz—belonging to pre-revolution remnants of the Iranian music scene—which steered the wheel towards what we know today as Psychic Bloom. Inspired by bands such as The 13th Floor Elevators, Bo Diddley, Captain Beefheart, R.L. Burnside, and The Night Beats, Psychic Bloom is known as one of the few garage bands in the history of Iranian music incorporating elements of soul, R&B, and early psychedelia, dressed with Texan surf rock and empowered by a long and rich history of Persian mysticism. Making the
