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The Helmholtz Resonators release single ‘Sunshine/Shadow’!
"...simplistic yet evidently obscenely catchy lyrics. There’s more than a hearty dash of Beta Band thrown in to the mix..."
- The Vinyl District
The Helmholtz Resonators, a renegade group of psychedelic time travelling audio scientists who have been playing and writing music together since the turn of the century, have released their latest single Sunshine/Shadow via
Watch the video for Sunshine via The Helmholtz Resonators YouTube channel.
You can also watch the video for Shadow via the band's YouTube channel.
Sunshine/Shadow captures both sides of the band’s personality, making perfect sense as a double A side single. ‘Sunshine’ is a bright slice of electronic feel-good electronica with upbeat lyrics, while ‘Shadow’ is a sinister tale of beady eyed shadow people, omnipresent and always listening. You can stream it on the ABoF SoundCloud page.
Around the same time Carlton Breezy had an old hyper-fuzz pedal he never liked the sound of when used with his guitar, so he discarded the guitar and found the fuzz perfect with an old 1970s precision bass. Chladni Plates was thrilled; he had wanted to form a “hatstand of psychedelia” for some time.
Heavily inspired by the ethos behind concept albums, the band have created a repertoire of songs that are as eccentric as their image, touching on influences as diverse as The Residents and The Kinks to LCD Soundsystem and Hieronymous Bosch and picking up support from the likes of XFM’s Eddy Temple Morris, BBC 6Music’s Marc Riley, Frank Skinner’s Absolute Radio Show, Timeout and The Independent.
Sunshine/Shadow is released via Genepool Records. Order the limited edition orange vinyl via the band's official website or download the single via iTunes.