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The Brooklyn-based quartet 
Whirring guitars find pedal heaven among the many changing shrieks and fuzzes that make up NYC psych slackers The Sofas. With a homey name and a flannel-clad, unshaven appearance, you might expect them to be a little softer—but you’d be wrong. The Sofas are loud. Two of the band's members, William Thomas (vox/guitar) and Myles Peterson (bass) recently gave us some insight as to what gear goes into making their distinctive sound.
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There’s a certain overarching sweetness that consumes the Denver/New York-based group, Strawberry Runners, but a close listen will reveal a far more complicated sound. The pop-driven arrangements and saccharine melodies support lyrics filled with darkness -a juxtaposition that's at once uplifting and upsetting. The band recently released a new EP entitled "In the Garden, In the Night." Emi Night, the singing-songwriting force behind this project, is very much into stompboxes and kindly answered a few questions.
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Born in Boston as the project of singer-songwriter Ella Joy Meir and guitarist and composer Asher Kurtz, Iris Lune is now a Brooklyn based quartet that plays expansive, mellow pop with ambient influences and jazzy inclinations. Their complex layered musical compositions had us itiching to learn a bit about their process and the array of gear they use to create their sounds. - Olivia Sisinni... Click on the title for more
Born in Boston as the project of singer-songwriter Ella Joy Meir and guitarist and composer Asher Kurtz, 
Poppies have managed to gain a generous following with their introspective, melodic sound. Singer/guitarist May's childlike, delicate vocals, perfectly blend with the band's enigmatic, dreamy instrumentals. We wanted to dig in to the band's sound and story, and fortunately for us May and Ian (guitar) were eager to talk to us a bit about their creative process and the current gear they're using.... Click on the title for more
While the NYC scene seems to be crawling with psych bands, local rockers Birds tackle the genre in a way that sets them apart from the pack. Though the band is certainly taking cues from music of the past, their angular and distorted sliding guitars and bizarre vocal melodies suggest that they're digging through vinyl crates that have not been thoroughly picked through yet. With such a unique sound, we wanted to ask the band a bit about the driving forces surrounding it, and members Jess and Duane were nice enough to dig into to the stories surrounding their pedals for us. - Olivia Sisinni
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While the NYC scene seems to be crawling with psych bands, local rockers 
Tucked just south of the Mexican border lies the town of Tijuana, a small city rich in history, that has made a name for itself in the States among the under-21 crowds craving some sanction-free fun, and, perhaps, among fans of the prominent brass band. But there's a new reason for gearheads to turn their ears toward the Baja California region...... Click on the title for more
LA-based Morgan Delt crafts acid-tinged tracks that are meant to be seen with your third eye. His music is blissful and hazy, with his soft vocals stretching across lush, textured instrumentals and sweet melodies. With such an expansive sound, we here at the Deli were curious about the kind of gear that goes into the making of his music, and luckily for us, Morgan recently shared a bit about the equipment he uses on his latest record, Phase Zero, out on Sub-Pop Records.
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A staple of the NYC indie scene, Brooklyn band Heaven play music that sits somewhere between shoegaze and psych sensibilities and produces songs that act as sonic love notes to both genres. Their mind bending tracks have the ability to sound vast, sweeping and decidedly, not of this earth. Being the word "shoegazer" intrinsically tied to "guitar pedals," we thought it would be fair to ask them a few questions about what they stare into when they play.... Click on the title for more
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You'll be hard pressed to find a current band that sounds more psychedelic than Electric Eye, but the Norwegian group throughout the years has evolved far beyond that genre's mind altering confines. The band incorporates spacey sounds and fuzzy drones paired against a slick classic rock aesthetic. With those thick, textured, DELICIOUS sounds, how could we resist the temptation to ask them about the gear they used behind the scenes? Guitarist Øystein Braut was kind enough to give us the rundown on his impressively loaded, and yet compact board. - Olivia Sisinni
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If you are feeling in the mood for surfy and grungey sonic fun, we've got a band for ya: they are called 
