SCENIC’S EPIC, AMBIENT, SPACE-ROCK MASTERPIECE THE ACID GOSPEL EXPERIENCE GETS FIRST-EVER VINYL RELEASE TOMORROW ON TRANSLUCENT ICE GREEN 2XLP FOR RECORD STORE DAY

Independent Project Records R.S.D. Release Features Members of Savage Republic, Shiva Burlesque, 17 Pygmies and Special Guest Appearance from Harold Budd

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LOS ANGELES, CA (FRIDAY APRIL 19, 2024) – Independent Project Records announced today that on Record Store Day tomorrow, they will release Scenic’s epic, ambient, space-rock masterpiece The Acid Gospel Experience for the first time ever on vinyl. The remixed and remastered 73-minute album will be released on translucent green vinyl over 2 LPs.

Established by Savage Republic and Independent Project Records founder Bruce Licher, Scenic released their debut album in 1995: they had found their muse among the dunes of the Mojave desert and surfaced with a post-psychedelic brew of surf rock that rang deeply indebted to masters of the evocative such as Ennio Morricone.

The Acid Gospel Experience, the band’s third full-length, appeared in 2002, conjuring new unexplored sceneries while retaining the band’s signature cinematic flair. If the early days of Scenic were all sand and dust, The Acid Gospel Experience proves soothingly airy and enveloping: it’s an epic, sprawling 73-minute suite of evocative ambient space rock that finds Scenic expanding their improvisational skills and broadening their sonic palette to incorporate instruments such as sitar, vibes and congas, as well as new guitar effects and sounds.

From the upbeat krautrock-indebted psychedelia of ‘Lightspeed’ to free-flowing 18-minute closer ‘A Journey through the Outer Reaches of Inner Space’ (an improvised yet focused piece that captures the group at their most spontaneous), the impressionistic psychedelia at the heart of The Acid Gospel Experience looks back at the unfettered experimentations of early ‘70s German rock while remaining unmistakably Scenic. As previously mentioned, the album also includes a guest appearance by minimalist elder statesman Harold Budd, who had become a fan of Scenic’s music over the years and appears on ‘Under a Wing.’

Now available for the first time on vinyl, Independent Project Records’ newly-remastered double-LP release of this extraordinary album is packaged in a deluxe Unipak-style gatefold jacket on translucent ice green vinyl in a numbered edition of 1000 copies for Record Store Day 2024.

Larry Crane of Tape Op said of the album upon original release, “Bruce Licher and company deliver another fine instrumental album, this time with more electronics and fuzzier guitars in the fore than before. Harold Budd makes a guest appearance with spacey piano on ‘Under a Wing.’ A great album to listen to when it’s dark.”

Track list for The Acid Gospel Experience is as follows:

Side A:

1. Year of the Rat
2. The Acid Gospel Experience

Side B

1. Lightspeed
2. Under a Wing
3. Lunar Afternoon

Side C

1. Skylight
2. Lightcord
3. The Spheres

Side D

1. A Journey Through The Outer Reaches of Inner Space

ABOUT INDEPENDENT PROJECT RECORDS

Founded in 1980 by musician and artist Bruce Licher, Independent Project Records and its sister entity Independent Project Press are known for their instantly recognizable hand-printed record covers for bands including Camper Van Beethoven, For Against, Polvo, R.E.M., Savage Republic, Silversun Pickups, Stereolab and more. Aside from creating much of the artwork on his vintage two-ton hand-fed letterpress, Licher was nominated for a Grammy Award for his design work on the IPR released debut album from For Against. In 2020, the label was relaunched by both Licher and Jeffrey Clark with new and archival releases and is distributed by MRI/The Orchard & via Proper Music Group outside the USA & Canada. IPR is based in Bishop, California, at the base of the Eastern Sierra Mountains.

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