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The Transpersonals
12+ albums
Psychedelic RockrockpsychedelicMondiovisionGarage Rock
about
Bristol-based 3-piece comprising Tim Hurford, Luke Barter and Matt Bane, playing their own brand of cosmic psychedelia. "Re-inventing the lost art of psychedelic rock with post-postmodern lyricism and a trans-ironic, heart on sleeve passion for spiritual evolution". What Is Enlightenment magazine 2007 (Tom Huston) The Transpersonals’ music sounds like the kind of thing you’d find if you carved open the mind of a 60s free-love-and-fucking, Acid-popping freak and were drowned underneath a kaleidoscopic stream of musical notes. Only The Transpersonals’ music is a bit more, well… now? A tad more current. You know; good for 2008? The Bristolian band’s back-story paints an interesting picture, not least because it’s neither now, current or 2008; in fact, it’s the kind of tale you’d associate with the psychedelic and experimental 60s Summer of Love. We’re talking Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys when he went through his whole mind-frazzled ‘Smiley Smile’ faze; Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones before he was found face down in his swimming pool; the wide-eyed Syd Barrett before he became a recluse and made book-shelves out of baked bean cans. We’re talking about gorging on more hallucinogenic drugs than a fat kid eats candy bars and a fly nibbles fresh shit. The Transpersonals’ lead-vocalist, Timothy Hurford, was homeless and expanding his mind by dropping just about anything that would send him on a far-out trip, man. Maybe it was the sheep playing poker and drinking Blue Nun, o
top songs
albums
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A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind
Kiss Goodbye To Free Will (The Perils Of Cheerleading)
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SXSW 2009 Showcasing Artists
Evolve Or Die
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Seeds and Stems: Early Demos, Vol. 1 (2005-2006)
Seeds and Stems
A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind Vol. 2 - Pagan Love Vibrations
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Illuminated By The Light Of Dreams
Schizodelia
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A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding in your Mind - Volume 2 - Pagan Love Vibrations
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This Is the Sound of a Ship on the River Avon
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A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol 2 - Pagan Love Vibrations