Layered guitars, keyboards, and Lou Barlow-esque vocals address demented lyrics in this dark but melodic indie rock project with hints of synth.

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POP: Beatles-pop, ROCK: Modern Rock



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Dishwater Psychics returns with its second album of 2006, "Dry Night Riverbed," featuring original member Dan Miller in addition to John W. and Chris Jones. The crisp, dark songs recall indie rock and folk with hints of synth darkness.

Formed in the Midwestern haze of Dayton, Ohio, Dishwater Psychics is a home recording project of schizophrenic proportions. The band records on everything from 4-track tape machines to 32-channel boards. Their understated jangle, which ranges from melodic, acoustic pop to hard edged distorted noise. Guided by Voices, Sebadoh, Pink Floyd, Flaming Lips, Pinback -- you name it.

Dishwater's first release, the home-recorded " Industrial Prophet" EP (1999), gained moderate radio airplay and favorable reviews in the local press. The under-the-radar disc "Blueprint of a God" (2000) ratcheted down the sound quality several notches in service of 4-track experimentation. Their next full-length "Candlewax Horizon" (2001) also followed the lo-fi path, but with weirder songwriting and a grainier sonic palate. "The Signal Will Fade" EP (2001) went hi-fi and gathered scattered international radioplay and press.

Significantly, the band has existed without ever having played live, or performed in the same room. All their songs were recorded at home, for geographic reasons. Each member layers his parts to an existing track and sends it along to the next.