L.A. Witch “Octubre” 2019. Suicide Squeeze Records, limited edition Halloween black and orange vinyl. 5-track EP of psychedelic garage rock from Los Angeles. Spooky, lo-fi and trashy, perfect for the season. According to the blurb on Suicide Squeeze’s page:

There is no better season for these kinds of songs than the autumn when the promises of summer have abated and the nights of reckoning grow longer. L.A. Witch seized the moment by revisiting some of their early tracks and reshaping them into Octubre, a five-song EP that delves deeper into their darker side. “Because these are old songs—we don’t play them live anymore but still wanted them to be heard—this was the perfect opportunity to get experimental with sounds and textures,” Sanchez says of the EP. Despite this new studio adventurism, the songs on Octubre stay true to L.A. Witch’s vintage starkness.

Singer Sade Sanchez has a bluesy and sultry voice which is juxtaposed by her stark guitar work, but enhanced by the deep rhythms of drummer Ellie English and bassist/organist Irina Pai. My top track is “Sleep,” which has sort of a sinister rockabilly flavor and an excellent beat. “Heart of Darkness” has a bit of a bendy and creepy funhouse vibe while somehow still feeling sad and sweet and the final track, “Outro” is a brief sleepy hollow closer.