Imajinary Friends
Imajinary Friends
After over a 15 year hiatus, the Imajinary Friends are back with a new collection of sizzling electric dreams from space that pulsate with a strange, sexy, far out groove (i.e. L'Outsider, with guest vocals and lyrics by Debborah Morgan aka Moogy.) On eponymously S/T 3rd LP, Imajinary Friends tweak the frequencies and really fry all the instrumentation that is both dizzying and danceable (i.e. The Dark Sparkle or Space Trash.) IF continue to experiment with sounds and rhythm on tracks like 101 Kazoos and Frangipani. This record bring the rhythms of the 70's Krautrock scene with the dark guitars of the UK Post-Punk paired with the buried vocals and slurred sounds of the 90's shoegaze movement. THE IMAJINARY FRIENDS are a somewhat mysterious collective. Ever changing and evolving. The core 3 are Tim Digulla (aka Tipsy), Ricky Maymi (current guiterrorist & founding member of Brian Jonestown Massacre; he also played with Gallon Drunk, Spectrum, Wild Swans and Steve Kilbey, among many others) and Travis Threlkel (also is a founding member of BJM & founder & creative director at Obscura Digital.) For these recordings, IF enlisted the following to sing vocals on several tracks. Thee aforementioned Moogy, Australian Singer-songwriter; Stephen Lawrie of The Telescopes (Hate This Party); Marleen Nilsson of Death and Vanilla (Baby's Bathwater). What's being said about Imajinary Friends. "San Francisco's IMAJINARY FRIENDS, mercurial pranksters of soundscape and pop, continue to turn in the unexpected with their unique brand of original and uncompromising music." -Pete Kember aka Sonic Boom "Pretty way out stuff that floats around enough while being sort of hypnotic drawing the listener in." -Flipside "Play this with your headphones on, and you'll enter another realm - wild shit awaits!" -Anthropomorphic "Vocals so buried in effects it's like a damaged subway platform speaker. Guitars that spatter fuzzed drones and damaged, fractured sounds, and a repetitive bass that turns this into a hazy, humid sputter. Like the static of a five-dollar transistor radio, this is raspy aural adventure without the original psychedelic pop structures or attitude." -The Big Takeover 300 black vinyl world-wide, 40 clear copies include limited perforated blotter art insert with original art from Raja Chemali entitled "Homobicycle Twins" printed by Zane Kesey (see thumbnail above), mastered for vinyl; jacket art is printed on uncoated reverse board, and packaged in a poly vinyl sleeve. Digital download included.