Heavy Psych

For the music genre, see Acid rock.

Heavy Psych is the fifth studio album by the American stoner rock band Nebula.^[3][4] It was released on July 7, 2009, by Tee Pee Records.^[5] The album was reissued in 2022 by the band's current label Heavy Psych Sounds Records.^[6]

Heavy Psych
Studio album by Nebula
Released	July 7, 2009 (2009-07-07)[1]
Studio	The Pass, Los Angeles, California[2] Mysterious Mammal Studios, Los Angeles California[2]
Genre	Stoner rock psychedelic rock acid rock
Label	Tee Pee Heavy Psych Sounds (2022 reissue)
Producer	Nebula
Nebula chronology
Apollo (2006) Heavy Psych (2009) Demos & Outtakes 98–02 (2019)

Originally self-released by the band as an EP in 2008, the album version is remastered and features three additional tracks.^[5]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
PopMatters	6/10[8]
The Quietus	6/10[9]
The Skinny	[10]

PopMatters wrote that "Heavy Psych feels both weighted by history and infinitely lighter and spryer than the turgid slop that all too often passes for hard rock these days."^[8]

The Village Voice called it "basically their familiar, green-fingered grooves filtered through a little Hawkwind cosmic glop."^[3]

The Chicago Reader wrote: "The inspiration they obviously don't care to waste on their album titles gets channeled instead into period-perfect early-70s lazy-pothead comfy-chair boogie and ecstatic explosions of flanged-out guitar designed to turn your skull inside out through your headphones."^[11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Pulse"			3:55
2.	"The Dagger"	Glass, Tom Davies	Glass, Davies	3:37
3.	"Aphrodite"			4:09
4.	"Dream Submarine"	(instrumental)	Davies	2:21
5.	"In the Depth's"			3:52
6.	"The Other Side"			5:33
7.	"Crown of Thorns"			3:00
8.	"Lead Sky"			3:01
9.	"Little Yellow Pill"			3:49
10.	"The Perfect Rapture"			3:15
11.	"Running of the Bulls"	Rob Oswald	Oswald	1:54

All tracks are written by Eddie Glass, except where noted^[2]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[2]

• Eddie Glass – guitar, vocals, keys
• Tom Davies – bass, vocals
• Rob Oswald – drums, percussion

References

1. "MP3 AT 3PM: NEBULA". Magnet. May 14, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
2. Nebula (2022). Heavy Psych (CD liner notes). Rome, Italy: Heavy Psych Sounds Records. HPS242.
3. Weingarten, Christopher (August 18, 2009). "Nebula". The Village Voice. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
4. Cook, Toby (July 29, 2009). "Nebula – Heavy Psych". The Quietus. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
5. Koczan, JJ (August 19, 2009). "Nebula: Lead Skies On The Other Side". The Aquarian Weekly. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
6. "Nebula – Heavy Psych". Heavy Psych Sounds. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
7. Freeman, Phil. "Heavy Psych – Nebula". AllMusic. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
8. Haag, Stephen (September 2, 2009). "Nebula: Heavy Psych". PopMatters. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
9. "Nebula – Heavy Psych". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
10. Cusack, Chris (July 22, 2009). "Nebula – Heavy Psych". The Skinny. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
11. Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Monica Kendrick, Jessica Hopper, Ann Sterzinger, Brian Costello. "The List, August 13-19, 2009". Chicago Reader.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

• Official website