Moundrag feat. Claudia González (Cachemira) and Dorian Sorriaux (ex-Blues Pills) pay a tribute to their favorite occult psych band Atomic Rooster

Photo by Jean-Adrien Morandeau

Rennes, France based prog heavy psych duo Moundrag (who recently joined Spinda Records roster) has payed a tribute to their favorite occult psych band Atomic Rooster.

Two-part live studio session video includes their covers of »Friday The 13th (Save Me)«, »Black Snake«, »Breakthrough« and »Tomorrow Night«. Recorded and mixed in one day at ZF Studio with their good friends: bassist/vocalist Claudia “Speedy” González (Cachemira, Rosalie Cunningham) and guitarist Dorian Sorriaux (ex-Blues Pills, Dorian Sorriaux).

Recorded and mixed by Mad Fab and assisted by Goudzou from Komodor. Directed by L’Hermite Sombre.

Courtesy of Spinda Records:

“We are Moundrag. We are brothers. We have no guitar and we play hard prog heavy psych.” This is how Camille and Colin introduce themselves. This is how Organ Fury and Dr. Mad Drum introduce themselves, two young brothers from Brittany (France) who recover that mix of progressive rock and psychedelic rock that was born in England in the 60s. They call themselves Moundrag and demonstrate that you don’t need an electric guitar to play rock n’ roll; a Hammond, a drum set and some harmonised vocals are enough for them.

From their instruments to their peculiar way of dressing, everything about them is vintage; except them, even though they seem to have returned from a psychedelic trip through the 70s.

After self-publishing a self-titled EP in 2019, recording some live sessions for the prestigious KEXP and offering more than sixty concerts throughout Europe in which there is always room for improvisation, in October 2022 they publish their first studio album »Hic Sunt Moundrages« through Dionysiac Records (Komodor, Ouzo Bazooka). It is then that their first tour of Spain and Portugal comes along with the Portuguese agency Ya Ya Yeah (Wine Lips, Deathchant, Mars Red Sky, Solar Corona), with very good impressions and with a stop included at the Barcelona Psych Fest, where they offered one of the best performances of the festival.

Now Moundrag joins also Spinda Records family to further increase their presence in this remote corner of Europe. And what better way to start with a reissue of their studio album »Hic Sunt Moundrages« after the Summer and a new Iberian tour; and all this before their new studio albums arrives.

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well