Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Night Gnomes

Within 11 seconds of clicking �play� on �Lava Lamp Pisco� it�s instantly apparent why Night Gnomes, the latest album from Psychedelic Porn Crumpets might be their greatest offering yet. The track is a riffy monster that delivers a much-welcome Black Sabbath-style slap to the head. It�s big, shiny, sleek and irresistible. It�s Psychedelic Porn Crumpets giving their best and Jack McEwan the band�s fearless leader has the battle scars from the four-second harmonica solo to prove it.

�I hadn�t blown the harmonica in five years. It was just sitting on my desk,� he recalls. �The first thing I did was suck in all this dust, and I couldn�t talk for like a day. Afterwards, the rest of the band was like, �You have to scrap that. It�s so cheesy.� Anyone under 30 hates it, but it has the dad-rock vibe, so I kept it in.�

That devil-may-care spirit is present on each and every song on Night Gnomes. With guitarist Luke Parish, drummer Danny Caddy, bassist Wayon Billondana and multi-instrumentalist Chris Young by his side, McEwan bunkered down in his home studio, creating a sonic pastiche that almost sounds like turning the dial on a temperamental old radio every few minutes.