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Photo by Caleb Dudley Godcaster continue to be one of the most wonderfully unique bands out there. Their latest single, "Lady Said a Body," is this odd fable of a song propelled by swirling and twinkling synthesizers and near-whispered vocals. The song is both disturbing and charming, menacing and comforting. It is a fable, after all, so that all checks out. It's also a song completely different from what we're used to from Godcaster but fits right in with what we've previously heard. Which also checks out. You can listen to "Lady Said a Body" below. The single is out now on Ramp Local. For more on Godcaster, check out the band's website . Upcoming tour dates are below the song. Sep 20 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Sep 21 - Indianapolis, IN @ Healer * Sep 22 - Detroit, MI @ El Club * Sep 23 - Toronto, ON @ The Baby G * Sep 24 - Montreal, QB @ Bar Le 'Ritz' PDB * Sep 25 - Boston, MA @ Crystal Ballroom * Sep 27 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Made * ...

Photo by Ryann Logeais Ebersole New York's Godcaster are back with more of their foreboding psychedelia. Their latest single, "Diamond's Shining Face," is this has this building menace lurking behind it. Typically psychedelic music is bright and happy, but that's not the case with Godcaster. It's reminding me a lot of that one weirdo freak out song on early Stooges albums. The song is like The Stooges meets a more modern psych band like The Flaming Lips. As the song builds, it eventually breaks out into these cathartic releases of noise bursts before going back to the slow and plodding structure of the song. This is a fairly odd song, but if you know Godcaster that is exactly what you want. Lead vocalist Judson Kolk says of the new song: "This song’s music and lyrics are inspired by the great western novelist Zane Grey and by a heartbreaking man named David Diamond who I met on the internet and who was in the process of losing his mind and becoming increa...

Photo by Riley Buttery Godcaster (who recently became the band with my favorite name) are back with the debut single from their debut album. With the band name and a song called "Serpentine Carcass Crux Birth," you'd be correct in assuming this is a weirdo band. Considering part of their bio reads " Rising from the underground river of primordial goo that runs between New York City and Philadelphia and ascending toward some unknown ethereal plane beyond our comprehension, comes to us the revelatory debut of music and mythos from Godcaster,  Long Haired Locusts," you'd be correct. However, they might not be the type of weirdo you'd expect. "Serpentine Carcass Crux Birth" is a burst of almost kind of funky bizarro indie rock along the lines of Guerilla Toss and The Flaming Lips. This is definitely not for anyone, but if you're even slightly intrigued you owe it to yourself to listen. You can listen to "Serpentine Carcass Crux Bir...

Band name of the year candidate Godcaster have released a new single. "Apparition of the Virgin Mary in my Neighborhood" is a bizarro freak out of a rock song. They seem to take from experimental rock in all of its forms to create a sound truly unique to them. It's loud and heavy rock, and even has some fairly mainstream elements to it, but this is way too weird for your Foo Fighters listening friends, which is their loss. There's plenty of the bleeps and bloops required in experimental rock these days, so check that box. And "Apparition of the Virgin Mary in my Neighborhood" is impossibly funky. This song just grooves. Of course, all of this is in Godcaster's own special way, so really don't expect to hear anything all that familiar here, although it's still somehow familiar despite all that. You can listen to "Apparition of the Virgin Mary in my Neighborhood" below. For more on Godcaster, check them out on Facebook and Twitter. ...