The Heavenly Bodes are a garage psych outfit from South Cornwall, UK, featuring Alex Mantle, Fin Wilson, Iolo Taliesin Puleston, and Paul James Ruskin, emerging from the Kernow Beat scene there. Although they already have a few nice releases with early recordings to their name, we should consider A Shelf You Can Applaud At A Distance as their debut EP.

The four tracks sound as hoped and expected based on the cover photo and EP title: lo-fi and unpolished, raw and energetic, fuzzy and hallucinogenic. For me, their greatest assets are the dynamic song structures with exciting interplay and inventive tempo changes, along with the sneering vocals and enticing guitar patterns. Danceable and mind-expanding, who wouldn’t want that?

A Shelf You Can Applaud At A Distance—mixed & produced by Fin Wilsonis—out now digitally and on limited 10″ vinyl through Kernow Beat / Krautpop!

Add to wantlist @ Bandcamp: The Heavenly Bodes || Krautpop!