{"id":12636,"date":"2024-02-06T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/?p=12636"},"modified":"2026-05-09T12:40:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T17:40:47","slug":"album-review-paige-drobot-the-psychics-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2024\/02\/06\/album-review-paige-drobot-the-psychics-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review :: Paige Drobot :: The Psychics Album"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/a3654613640_16.jpg\" alt=\"album cover of Paige Drobot older woman in a yellow checker dress stands on the side of a country road or highway gesturing at a large metal eyeball looking thing\" class=\"wp-image-12637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/a3654613640_16.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/a3654613640_16-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/a3654613640_16-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/a3654613640_16-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>by Mykhailo Vil\u2019yamson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first full-length album by Paige Drobot is a veritable time machine, but not only because of its largely 70s-inspired aesthetic. She definitely took her time on this one, as all of the songs on the project first came into existence many years ago with her band, The Psychics. In fact, all of the songs on <em>The Psychics\u2013<\/em>except for \u201cEach Another\u2019s Creation\u201d\u2013can be found on the 2016 release <em>Live at the Graffiti Gallery<\/em>, which was captured on the fourth anniversary of the original band\u2019s formation, bringing us all the way back to 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>So why did it take so long for <em>The Psychics<\/em> to be released? And whatever happened to The Psychics\u2019 <em>You Don\u2019t Have to Be Afraid<\/em> album we were promised? Were these songs ever studio-recorded before the band\u2019s final show in 2018? Was the record clandestinely redacted from the internet by a secret society that didn\u2019t think the world was ready for it? Or was Drobot simply too busy entrancingly shredding at live shows, masterfully teaching the way of the axe to apprentices, and deservedly winning a 2021 Manitoba Loud Music Guitarist of the Year Award? It\u2019s a mystery.\u00a0\u00a0As for <em>The Psychics <\/em>album<em> <\/em>itself, it\u2019s a trip. These seven tracks provide listeners with an experience of feeling like one is in the exact same room as the band, including Drobot and reunited members Cody Rey Valentonis\u2013on bass, keys and vox\u2013and second-generation Psychics drummer Nolan Hildebrand. Songs like \u201cAlright\u201d and \u201cNicotine Smile\u201d lean heavy into funk, \u201cSpace Music\u201d and \u201cFormula of Grand Design\u201d venture into the psychotomimetic realm (featuring lead vocals by Valentonis), which leaves \u201cSpare Time,\u201d \u201cEach Another\u2019s Creation\u201d and \u201cEach Passing Day\u201d to round out the thirty-minute collection with various elements of folk, rock, jazz and pop. Expect many iconic guitar solos throughout as well, which, as they say, are alone worth the price of buying the album on Bandcamp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rumble (Link Wray) \/ Good Time - Paige Drobot\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L7MEHA0XKFI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Mykhailo Vil\u2019yamson The first full-length album by Paige Drobot is a veritable time machine, but not only because of its largely 70s-inspired aesthetic. 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