Plastic Crimewave Syndicate has finally returned with a wide-ranging/raging new album - recorded two years ago in an expansive,Â benevolent alleyway in the midst of a dark, diseased, claustrophobic time of global chaos. The new PCWS album, entitled 'Space Alley,'Â boldly travels into the relatively unexplored malevolent terrain of free doom, space/noise punk, and darkly dubbed-out library/soundtrackÂ grooves (call it 70's crooked-cop show/freak-funk, if you must). This is all capped off with a sidelong, (beat of the) earth-harvesting modalÂ exploration of synthed-out kraut-throb. With new bassist Rob Rodak (Dead Feathers) aboard, and guests like sax-skronk legend TaralieÂ Peterson (Spires That in the Sunset Rise), flautist Sara Gossett (Spiral Galaxy), and synthlord Will MacLean (Protovulcan), new influencesÂ have seeped into PCWS's dystopian vision. The Syndicate have opened for revered deities like Nik Turner, Loop, Simply Saucer, Chrome, andÂ Josefus; but now a more diverse and groovy array of past underground sounds like Skin Alley, Sound of Imker, Here and Now,Â Mann/Sharrock, Black Sun Ensemble, Parson Sound, and Schizo have influenced PCWS's journey. Recorded by Eric Block (Rhys Chatham,Â Sick Gazelle) of Rec Rooms studios, and mastered by Monster Magnet/Desert Sessions guitar god JP McBain, the mind-fry level is set to 11Â Â½Â onÂ Space Alley!

Tracklist:

Sone of None
Yoz Yer Mynd
Space Alley Chase
Celestial Father (Lord of Limbo)

UPC: 778578319816
Label: Lion Productions
Release Date: 5.19.23
Format: Vinyl

Plastic Crimewave Syndicate - Space Alley (LP)