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The Sound of Psychedelic Punk

"The Sound of Psychedelic Punk" brings together a dense mix of fuzzed-out guitars, blown-speaker vocals, and cosmic detours. Drawing on everything from early synth-punk oddities to blown-out garage-danger and lo-fi psych weirdness, this playlist carves a lane between hallucination and punk aggression. Tracks like “Pepper” by Butthole Surfers and “Toe Cutter - Thumb Buster” by Thee Oh Sees set the tone with warped melodies that lurch and swirl, while Lost Sounds’ “I Get Nervous” and Destruction Unit’s “Bumpy Road” push toward something darker and more chaotic.

With selections from cult favorites like Michael Yonkers Band and Debris’ to newer outliers like Dry-Rot and Psychiatric Metaphors, this playlist spans eras and scenes while sticking to a sonic palette full of distortion, feedback, and hypnotic repetition. There’s minimal polish and a lot of energy, with weird synths, spastic rhythms, and fried production keeping things unstable in the best way. It’s music that doesn’t settle, always veering off into something jagged or spacey before you can get comfortable.

DD/MM/YYYY 3 tracks
Units 3 tracks
Vee Dee 3 tracks
Butthole Surfers 3 tracks
Bodhi Jar 3 tracks
Fungi Girls 3 tracks
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