House Of The Holy

'There is no double album that would not be improved by removing its worst songs and making it a single album...' With these words, Psychic Temple mastermind Chris Schlarb set out to prove himself wrong. Here's how he did it.In the modern history of rock music, the double album stands as the ultimate creative indulgence. A moment for an artist to make their grand statement amid the excess of four sides of vinyl. And yet, there is not one double LP that escapes the curse of filler: 'Wah-Wah' on All Things Must Pass, 'Night Flight' on Physical Graffiti, 'Piggies' on the White Album, 'Angel' on Tusk, etc. In 2016, Schlarb opened BIG EGO, a commercial recording studio in the same Long Beach neighborhood he grew up in. There he produced everyone from Terry Reid and James Gadson to Swamp Dogg and Jim Keltner. A year later he began work on Houses of the Holy: his own attempt at solving modern rock's great puzzle.His solution was to take over four existing bands and lead them into the realm of Psychic Temple.Recorded in the Joshua Tree desert, Schlarb and Cherry Glazerr (Side A) deliver five whiskey fueled songs of love, madness, and suicide. Reunited after almost 20 years, the legendary Chicago Underground Trio (Side B) wrap their unmistakable sound around songs written by Schlarb and co-writers Jerry David DeCicca and James Jackson Toth. On the precipice of entering their fourth decade as one the world's great rock bands, Dream Syndicate (Side C) explode when plugged into t

Tracks

1~1~Psychic Temple (Feat. Cherry Glazerr) - Let Me Comb Your Hair 03:34
1~2~Psychic Temple (Feat. Cherry Glazerr) - If There's Kindness In The World 04:23
1~3~Psychic Temple (Feat. Cherry Glazerr) - This World Don't Mean Shit Without You 02:28
1~4~Psychic Temple (Feat. Cherry Glazerr) - (Who's Selling You) Conspiracy? 02:47
1~5~Psychic Temple (Feat. Cherry Glazerr) - One Solution 04:34
1~6~Psychic Temple (Feat. Chicago Underground Trio) - Meditation For Strings, Piccolo Trumpet, And Overdraft Fees 03:20
1~7~Psychic Temple (Feat. Chicago Underground Trio) - Your Dreams Don't Pay My Bills 03:31
1~8~Psychic Temple (Feat. Chicago Underground Trio) - Lightning 04:08
1~9~Psychic Temple (Feat. Chicago Underground Trio) - Little One 03:12
1~10~Psychic Temple (Feat. Chicago Underground Trio) - Dream State > Police State (Revisited) 02:24
1~11~Psychic Temple (Feat. Chicago Underground Trio) - Love Falls 02:43
1~12~Psychic Temple (Feat. The Dream Syndicate) - Why Should I Wait? 03:01
1~13~Psychic Temple (Feat. The Dream Syndicate) - Cherry Avenue 04:45
1~14~Psychic Temple (Feat. The Dream Syndicate) - Then Again 03:18
1~15~Psychic Temple (Feat. The Dream Syndicate) - On The Slide 09:23
1~16~Psychic Temple (Feat. Xololanxinxo) - When Do You Reign? 00:41
1~17~Psychic Temple (Feat. Xololanxinxo) - Streets Of Art 07:42
1~18~Psychic Temple (Feat. Xololanxinxo) - El Caro 02:11
1~19~Psychic Temple (Feat. Xololanxinxo) - Odessey 06:48
1~20~Psychic Temple (Feat. Xololanxinxo) - In This Life 06:12

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Psychic Temple
Release Date: 14 March 2023
Genre: Special Interest / Miscellaneous
Label: JOYFUL NOISE
Distributor: Rocket Group