Welcome!

As you might already know, Hacktone Records is releasing a "Best Of" collection of Love Psychedelico's music on April 29th, 2008. I've created this Fanpage to help spread the word about Love Psychedelico and their music.

First, however, a word about myself and what I'm planning for this page. My name is Terry Thome and I have another blog called "The Shockedelic Cafe" (click the link to go there). That's a general rant blog where I vent or rave about current Pop Culture things going on in my life.

I am also one of the biggest Love Psychedelico fans you'll ever find in the USA. I "discovered" them in 2004 while looking for info on another Japanese Pop band, Spin Aqua. For some reason, everywhere I looked online for that band, Love Psychedelico would be mentioned. The two bands are quite different, BTW. The name "Love Psychedelico" piqued my interest. Just the name itself sounded like a band I might like, so I set out to find out more about them instead. Ahhh, it was serendipity.

I started with an album called "The Greatest Hits". It seemed to me to be the perfect place to begin, right? Within the first two songs, I was hooked. That album contained some of the best rock and roll I'd heard from anywhere in the world. It was a sound that didn't belong to Japan, The USA or anywhere else. It was a sound that just was; a sound that, for all I knew, always had been. It was so fresh and new, yet absolutely familiar and comfortable.

I knew after a little while that "The Greatest Hits" wasn't a greatest hits album, but their debut album. You could've knocked me over with a feather. Virtually every song on that album sounded like a major hit. I played the album to death and showcased it to everyone and anyone who would listen.

I then downloaded the next two albums, "Psychedelic Orchestra" and the just released, "III" (Yes, I downloaded them. I heard what I liked and I proceeded to buy the albums and all of their singles and DVDs as imports. I won't go into why downloading music is a good thing, but this essay I'm writing should be a fine case for it nonetheless). "Psychedelic Orchestra", their original band name, was unexpected even for the high standards I put on it from listening to the first album. It was bigger and bolder. It trumped "The Greatest Hits" in almost every way. That album contains my all time favorite 'Delico song, "Standing Bird"; the lead off song on the album. I can't begin to explain what hearing that song does to me, even after all this time. "III" picked up where "Psychedelic Orchestra" left off. The two albums feel like one sprawling double album, ala The Beatles' "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver". I'm sure they would love that connection.

As I stated parenthetical previous, I then tracked down all of their singles and both DVDs and I even compiled a DVD set of my own that contains all of their PVs (Music Videos to people in the West; with the exception of "Everyone, Everyone" which has seemed to vanish off the face of the earth) and all the Live performances I could find so I could promote the band to my friends easier. Since then, I've voraciously downloaded every video clip I could find and I preorder every CD / DVD that gets released via import. Their Newest CD release is "Golden Grapefruit". My Love Psychedelico collection is far from complete, but I defy any fellow Non Asian North American to one up me on the collection that I have.

Bragging aside, I truly love, love, Love Psychedelico and I'm amazed and overjoyed that Hacktone Records is releasing a Best Of collection of Love Psychedelico's best work. I'm sure It was a daunting task to fill just one 70 minute CD. I know I wouldn't be able to do it. I'd have had to go the Box Set route, since I believe most of their b-sides are as good as their album tracks.

So, what I'm planning on doing here is write about Love Psychedelico and give whatever info I can on the upcoming US release (APRIL 29th, PEOPLE!!!)and (cross fingers) possibly a US tour of some sort. I'll also be posting some of my favorite photos and whatever Youtube type stuff that JVC hasn't taken down (Boo, greedy record companies! Don't ya like free promotion???).

To find out more for yourself, go to http://www.thisislovepsychedelico.com/. You'll hear the opening notes to "Standing Bird" there.

Also, go to their LP MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/lovepsychedelicous (which possibly unintentionally makes the site look like it's entitled, "Love Phyche DELICIOUS"! I love it!). There you can download a banner and find out how to be a part of the street team!