SHITGAZERS UNITED

Photo by Mike Jordan

Psychedelic Horseshit coined the turn “shitgaze”, formed on a whim at a party and made up their name on the spot because it was the first thing that sprang to mind. From Columbus, Ohio, theirs is an unrefined, unpredictable and chaotic mess of sound which leaps in your face like a drunk old guy at the bar demanding change and won’t leave you alone until you’ve kicked him in the balls until it can’t move anymore.

They’ve been chased off stage in more states than seem possible in their short existence, but all the tour stories wouldn’t be worth an eighth of a shit if the music wasn’t the most heart-poundingly great racket since that My Bloody Valentine covers record Comets On Fire never made.

Vice: Having formed on the spot, had any of you had any experience in bands prior to Psychedelic Horseshit?

Matt Horseshit (guitar and vocals): First up, that story about forming one night is totally true, only there was way more weed and babes involved at the time than in the re-tellings I keep reading here and there. But nah, we were never in any other bands. We didn’t know that there were any other bands. We thought it was just us and the Royal Trux.

Live, do you mistake improvisation for incompetence?

We have songs but they rarely get played the same way twice. Not because we’re super-awesome and like to improvise but because we really suck and can’t play the same way every time.

What colour would a psychedelic horseshit be?

It depends on the drugs you’re on and whether you’re shitgazing or not. If you are, then it’d be changing all the time like David Bowie. If not, then you can’t see it anyway. Why would anyone be paying attention to the shit on the ground, though? That said, we usually take acid to make our shit psychedelic but I suppose drinking cough syrup would work just as well.

How do you feel about the growth of “shitgaze” into a recognised movement?

Ah, shitgaze. A movement after my own heart. That came from my sick obsession with My Bloody Valentine and our shite efforts at shoegazing. Shitgaze is gonna take over the world, haven’t you heard? That new MBV album will have a sheen of shit glossed all over it and then everyone will forget about shoes forever. We’re coming to get you.

JIMMY JAMJAR
Psychedelic Horseshit’s Magic Flowers Droned LP is out now on Siltbreeze. myspace.com/psychedelichorseshit

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