West Wickhams psyche garage rock imaginings on "He's Acquired A New Face" & "Where The Creatures Rule"

AP Track Review

He's Acquired A New Face by psyche garage rock duo West Wickhams from the Isles of Scilly, Tresco (Cornwall, England) feels at once like sounds from the past and maybe the future. Jon Othello's English rebel wail amid sort of new wave / old wave tones that feel deliciously like American 80's college radio (a supreme compliment). It is the A Side of their latest single, the B -side being the jagged lo-fi punk / proto punk Where The Creatures Rule. Listening to both tracks I thought of various bands, some whose heyday were in the creative fertile 60's / 70's /80's. Psyche rock / new wave artists like Shyster, Nixon Pupils, the Cure, Early Pink Floyd and Bauhaus all rolled into one. 

West Wickhams is Jon Othello and Elle Flores.
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Robb Donker







THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:

 Debut single out 22^nd November 2019 on White Limited Edition Vinyl

Side A: He’s Acquired A New Face

Side B: Where The Creatures Rule

West Wickhams are a psychedelic garage noir duo from the Isles of Scilly, Tresco. Consisting of Jon Othello and Elle Flores, West Wickham’s music manifests itself with such style, the effect is a timeless body of sound. Hailing from Tresco, the island of lost souls, subtropical plants and shipwrecked figureheads, the pair recently relocated to Richmond Surrey, proclaiming themselves an imagined rival gang to punk style icons, the Bromley Contingent.

 Their colourful history brings a depth to their sound reminiscent of legendary bands such as The Doors, Blondie and Siouxshie and the Banshees. However, the band themselves declare their influences largely from sources outside the music industry; Whitby Abbey, Pipe Organs, Flowers, Polka Dot Cats, Dark Punk, Gothic Novels and Rock n Roll Autobiographies, Castles, Abstract Painting, Euphoria, Mist, Autumn, Halloween, Optical Illusions, Edgar Allan Poe and Andy Warhol.

West Wickham’s debut single “He’s Acquired a New Face” will be released on November 22^nd on White Limited-Edition Optical Illusion vinyl.

Find tour tickets through West Wickham’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/westwickhams

Lewes /// 10 November   /// Lewes Con Club (supporting The Woodentops)

Minhead /// 15 November  /// Shiiine On Festival

Guildford /// 16 November  /// Boileroom (supporting The Wedding Present)

London /// 15 December /// The Venue (supporting The Chameleons)