The Dream Syndicate

After several reissues of vintage recordings, The Dream Syndicate recently revealed they had signed to indie institution and international guardian of wonky psychedelia (Uncut), Fire Records.Set to release their new album this summer Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True Confessions features singer/songwriter/guitarist Steve Wynn, drummer Dennis Duck, bassist Mark Walton, lead guitarist Jason Victor plus their newest member Chris Cacavas on keyboards (you remember him from the 1980s Los Angeles band Green On Red).When the Dream Syndicate emerged in the early 80s, frontman Steve Wynn declared that were playing music we want to hear because nobody else is doing it he added, Ill comprise on what I eat or where I sleep, but I wont compromise on what music I play.Both were true, although their template of Velvet Underground meets Crazy Horse may seem commonplace today (and lets not forget, the Syndicate spawned many imitators), their raw twin guitar, bass and drums approach was not common during an era when slick polished MTV bands ruled. The... Read more .