new music: brazilian psych-blues duo mescalines lives up to their namesake on self-titled debut #soundcheck

If you happen to find yourself driving down a sun-drenched desolate road today (preferably on a motorcycle), I’ve got your soundtrack. (Also, please take me with you? I’m under a foot of snow in Boston with no end in sight. I’m a good navigator and will bring snacks…) Brazil’s Mescalines take their hallucinogenic namesake seriously with their tripped out debut LP. An 8 track collection of tripped out swampy instrumental psych-blues jams, the record was reportedly cut in 5 hours. Highlights include the spacey slide guitar jam “Barko” and the melodic closer “Calchaqui.”

By Nathan Leigh, AFROPUNK contributor

Above photo by Lua Wagner