Psysalia Psysalis Psyche
Psysalia Psysalis Psyche
Genres: psychedelic, indie, japanese, Garage Rock, rock
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About Psysalia Psysalis Psyche
Psysalia Psysalis Psyche (サイサリア・サイサリス・サイケ) was a Japanese indie/post punk band from Tokyo which has been formed in April 2005 and disbanded on May 11th 2012. They reunited in 2021 as PSYSALIA 人. Members: ** Vocals & Guitar:内田紫穏 (Shion Uchida; later in Coyote Milk Store and PSYSALIA 人 (2021-2025); 2005-2012) ** Guitar & Vocals: 松本亨 (Toru Matsumoto; later in TRMTRM, now in PSYSALIA 人; 2005-2012) ** Guitar: 鎌田健太郎 (Kentaro Kamata; now in PSYSALIA 人; 2011-2012) ** Bass: 上條展弘 (Nobuhiro Kamijo; 2005-2012) ** Drums: 髙橋良輔 (Ryosuke Takahashi; 2011-2012) Ex members: **Keyboards: Mr. R (2005-2007) ** Drums: 宮内告典 (Kosuke Miyauchi; 2006-2009) ** Drums:二橋知行 (Tomoyuki Nihashi; 2009-2011) History: The band's predecessor was formed in 2005 by Uchida, Matsumoto, Kamijo, and Mr. R. Miyauchi joined the following year. They released the demo CD "Psysalia Psysalis Psyche EP." In 2007, Mr. R left the band. In September, they performed their first solo concert. In 2008, they released their first mini-album, "Psysalism," their first nationwide release. In 2009, they released their first full-length album, "Matin Brun." In 2012, they released their second full-length album, "#7," and went on tour, but suddenly disbanded at the tour's finale. Psysalia Psysalis Psyche get a large chunk of their name from the latin for the Portuguese Man of War, a deadly creature of the sea. Like the band's namesake, Psysalia have an amorphous, floating sound of heady distorted guitar, melodic bass and electric processing and a poison vocal. Influences for the band include a heavy list of western favourites, from Babyshambles and Primal Scream, to the Strokes, the Beatles and Sonic Youth. Japanese influences range all over the map from Guitar Wolf and the Blue Hearts into the more eclectic reaches of Japanese hip hop. Their music is certaintly a melodic, embedded rock with a lot of quirky processing and a very heavily layered sound. The lyrics are heartfelt, subject to change at the emotional whim of the band's vocalist, Shion. He says of his onstage antics, including but not limited to the destruction of equipment, emotional outbursts, and impromptu feedback art, that he does purely what he feels and the lyrics as well as the style the music presents itself as are all a big part of that. Of his fans, he described to me that his ideal fan was someone who would 'Embrace him warmly first, and then stab him in the back.' Dramatic, no? Some members reformed the band in 2021 under the name PSYSALIA 人 (PSYSALIA Hito).
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