History Psychedelic Blue Ox

Psychedelic Blue Ox is a Neo-Psychedelic rock band drawing on blues-rock and progressive rock influences. They set out to create music with soaring melodies, lush harmonies, fuzz-drenched blues riffs, hypnotic psychedelic drones and lyrics that seek to take the listener on a journey of self-discovery and reflection.

Psychedelic Blue Ox is partnership between Alan Kaishin Crawford and Colin Ives. The project began in early January 2014 out of two different but complementary visions. Alan, having always loved the late 60's Psychedelic sounds of the Beatles' experimental period and the bluesy psychedelia of bands like Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience, had recently reignited an enthusiasm for song writing after discovering the growing neo-psychedelia movement and was feeling inspired to start writing some riffs and melodies. Colin had an ambitious vision about creating a progressive concept album and was feeling inspired to start writing lyrics again after some time away from music. These two separate but harmonious ideas came together to form the basis of Psychedelic Blue Ox. Alan focuses on writing riffs, melodies and chord progressions, playing guitar, keyboards and vocals and making some contributions to the lyrics. He draws on 20 years as a musician and 15 years gigging in a variety of genres. Colin uses his flair for poetic lyrics to bring the concept to life and take listeners on a journey, writing the majority of the lyrics and the spoken narrative. He plays bass & drums and acts as recording engineer, taking care of production and mixing. In true D.I.Y fashion, the album has been written, performed, recorded (at home, between Alan's living room floor and Colin's barge on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal), mixed, self-released and promoted by Alan and Colin themselves. Psychedelic Blue Ox hope to release an E.P by the summer of 2014 and the completed concept album by the end of the year. Watch this space!

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