Centripetal Force
MIRAGE - Telepathic Radio LP
Limited edition of 250 copies.
Manifested from the mind of Rocco Freedman, who, before moving to the desert of the Morongo Basin, was a member of Boston psychpunkers, Banshee.
Inspired by the Joshua Tree's mysteries - the datura flower in particular—and driven by voices that existed in his head since his youth, Freedman single-handedly laid down hours of guitar, drum, and keyboard tracks and spent days recording excerpts from nature documentaries and canceled sitcoms.
Presented in mixtape fashion, or perhaps more accurately, a psychotropic sound collage lifted straight from Freedman’s psyche, Telepathic Radio is a wild sonic excursion that daringly teeters between torrents of fuzz addled angst, flourishes of kosmische-induced drones, and incredibly captivating melodies. It is certainly not a stretch to say that the listening experience is as schizophrenic as desert life itself, which can deliver pummeling burning furnaces by day and pastel streaked sunsets by night.