Psychedelicatessen: a word used by the Squares to describe a head shop. Also, a word that aptly describes Voe’s latest release, Paradise.

Like a box of Cadbury Favourites, Paradise is a pick n’ mix of different genres performed in what has proven to be Voe’s signature style. Like the Khate EP, which I reviewed earlier this year, the vocals are mellow and reverbed into space, the drums are subdued and the guitar is layered enough to save the album from being just another boy with a guitar in a bedroom album. The experimentation going on is on the level of a band jamming, but not on the polyrhythmic jazz level, so the songs hold together as an organic continuation of themselves.

Something has happened since the release of Khate. Whether it’s a change within myself, or a subtle improvement in Voe’s production skills, something has made Paradise sound like a real band, as opposed to a one man effort, and a band that’s stepped straight out of the early 70s at that. It’s an aesthetic distant from what the mainstream are coming out with today, and obviously speaks of Voe’s influences.

Unfortunately, just as Voe are reaching their peak for me, they have announced they are focusing their artistic endeavours elsewhere, and this is the last release for the relatively prolific underground artist under the Voe masthead, at least for now. Hopefully, we’ll see more of Voe in the new year, and I wager we will. An artist needs their outlet.

• 1
  Head Like A Hole
• 2
  Horror Story
• 3
  Fraser Ross
• 4
  Fur Patrol
• 5
  Michelle Rounds
• 6
  L.A.B.
• 7
  The Boondocks
• 8
  Late to Chelsea
• 9
  Springloader
• 10
  Baconfoot

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  Pull Down The Sun @ Franks Bar, Whanganui - 15/11/2024
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  Elidi @ Franks Bar, Whanganui - 15/11/2024
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  Infinity Ritual @ Franks Bar, Whanganui - 15/11/2024

• 1
  APT.
  ROSÉ And Bruno Mars
• 2
  DIE WITH A SMILE
  Lady Gaga And Bruno Mars
• 3
  BIRDS OF A FEATHER
  Billie Eilish
• 4
  TASTE
  Sabrina Carpenter
• 5
  I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY
  Gracie Abrams
• 6
  ESPRESSO
  Sabrina Carpenter
• 7
  SAILOR SONG
  Gigi Perez
• 8
  LOSE CONTROL
  Teddy Swims
• 9
  A BAR SONG (TIPSY)
  Shaboozey
• 10
  GOOD LUCK, BABE!
  Chappell Roan

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