The Frontier Psychiatrists - Get Into Citrus

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:17 pm

As many of you know, I used to be in a band called The Frontier Psychiatrists. We broke up and played a farewell gig two years ago, and six months before that we recorded this EP. It never got released, although it's entirely possible that I posted rough mixes of a couple of these songs on ShortScale around that time.

Last night I had a dream that we got back together, and when I told my mate Chris (who played bass towards the end of the band's lifespan) he reminded me that I'd been talking about remixing/remastering some of our old material. Every few months I sit down and try to mix Get Into Citrus, and every time that happens I end up spending far too much time on it, it comes out sounding overwrought and shit and I forget about it for another few months. This time I decided I'd just thrash it all out in a day. It probably doesn't sound amazing, and there are plenty of mix inconsistencies and mistakes I haven't bothered to fix, but it kind of suits the genre.

I'm getting kind of emotional now thinking about our last gig. I was in that band for five and a half years, from the age of 13 to almost 19, so I guess it was a pretty important time in my life. I'd love to play a reunion gig at some point, but I doubt it'll ever happen.

So here it is anyway, a bunch of songs written and recorded by dumb teenagers from Halifax. You might like it if you like Art Brut, Pavement or The Fall.

GET INTO CITRUS

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:37 pm

Downloaded. Listening. Am like.

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:52 pm

Cheers man! It's fun looking back. I much prefer the stuff I'm doing now, but there's definitely something special about these recordings.

Post by **Doog** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:51 am

S'going on my phone this second, Freddy!

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:08 pm

Been listening to it a bit more today and really like it. Dead catchy.

Have you got a link to any Nose stuff? Thought I'd downloaded some at one point but can't seem to find it. Might have just listened to it via streaming?

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 12:25 am

Doog, you're a scholar and a gentleman.

BearBoy, there's a NOSE EP we recorded last year here and a free demo track we recorded more recently here. It's in a similar vein I guess, but not exactly the same.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 11:16 am

system of a downloading right now.

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 2:59 pm

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othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 1:05 pm

Thanks for the download, have always liked your stuff. Very natural and uncontrived.

Beau · Post by **Beau** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 3:13 pm

Death To The West is awesome man. It sounds like Minor Threat but from a guy who isn't bent on tearing his vocal cords.

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 3:51 pm

Cheers guys!

I had another few hours to spare this afternoon, so decided to polish up some more old recordings.

Here's an EP from 2010!

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 4:15 pm

Downloading now...