![]() ![]() ‘The kind of comeback you always want your favourite band to make’ – MOJO. We could spend a whole page just talking about the original Dream Syndicate and their debut album The Days of Wine & Roses – but suffice to say that the NME, Melody Maker, Sounds, Rolling Stone, et al – all loved it.ĭecades later, in 2012 they remerged with a slight change in line-up, guitarist Jason Victor joining two original members Steve Wynn (singer/songwriter/guitarist) and drummer Dennis Duck and long-time bassist Mark Walton (a member since 1984) – and after a blaze of touring, they recorded their first album in decades, How Did I Find Myself Here? But before MTV switched to reality shows, The Dream Syndicate of The Days of Wine & Roses were no more. When The Dream Syndicate emerged in the early 80s, frontman Steve Wynn declared that ‘we’re playing music we want to hear because nobody else is doing it’ – he added, ‘I’ll comprise on what I eat or where I sleep, but I won’t compromise on what music I play.’īoth were true, although their template of Velvet Underground meets Crazy Horse may seem commonplace today (and let’s 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. Released in June 2022, 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). We’re excited to be working with The Dream Syndicate for the first time!Īfter 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. I tried them all out in random order in my home studio just to see how they would feel and that one-take test run is the vocal you hear! There’s just so much lightning-in-a-jar, first take excitement on this record.Where: Band on the Wall, 26 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ I collected a list of random, unconnected lyric ideas that I kept on my phone. Jason and I were kicking pedals on like lab monkeys in a laboratory and Mark was a lightning rod, uniting all of those elements into one tough groove. Stephen grabbed an electric sitar because it was the first thing he saw. “There was an early Seventies drum machine - a Maestro Rhythm King, the same model used on ‘There’s a Riot Goin’ On’ - with Dennis locking in and setting the pace. ‘”The Regulator’ is a microcosm of the entire record - it was just a formless, trippy mass as we all started playing together,” Wynn said of the song in a statement. The Dream Syndicate will release their third studio album in four years this spring with The Universe Inside, the Paisley Underground pioneers’ exploration of krautrock and electric jazz.Īhead of The Universe Inside’s April 10th arrival, the band shared first “single” “The Regulator” and its video, a 20-minute “psychedelic journey through New York City, equal parts panoramic, psychedelic, somnambulistic and political,” the band said.Īlong with founding singer and guitarist Steve Wynn, the current Dream Syndicate lineup features founding drummer Dennis Duck, bassist Mark Walton, guitarist Jason Victor and keyboardist Chris Cacavas, plus guests like the Long Ryders’ Stephen McCarthy, who contributes electric sitar on “The Regulator.” ![]()
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