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SUMMARY:LSD and the Search for God
LOCATION:Scala
DESCRIPTION:LSD and the Search for God hit the Northern California coast in
  2005\, seemingly from another place and time\, dosing San Francisco with 
 hypnotic shows built on swirling guitars\, otherworldly drones\, fuzzed-ou
 t pop melodies\, and dreamy vocal harmonies.\n\nEarly shows and recordings
  drew comparisons to My Bloody Valentine\, Slowdive\, Yo La Tengo\, Spacem
 en 3\, and Sonic Youth\, helping the band quickly earn a reputation as a m
 ust-see act within the Northern California underground shoegaze and psych 
 scene.\n\nTheir self-titled debut EP (Mind Expansion Records\, 2007\; Don 
 Giovanni\, 2025) sold out before its official release date\, earned critic
 al acclaim\, and continues to appear on lists of essential shoegaze releas
 es.\n\nAll five songs cemented the band as key players in the late-2000s s
 hoegaze revival. But the fourth track\, “Starting Over\,” emerged as a
  defining moment. It captures the genre’s essence with submerged vocal h
 armonies and a finely balanced guitar interplay that drifts between hushed
  intimacy and sweeping wall-of-sound swells. Striking a rare space between
  vulnerability and grandeur\, “Starting Over” has grown beyond a fan f
 avorite into a modern shoegaze anthem — one that feels inseparable from 
 the movement it helped shape.\n\nWith anticipation building around their c
 ult-classic debut\, the band delivered a second EP that surpassed expectat
 ions\, expanded their sound\, and sharpened their vision. Heaven Is a Plac
 e (Space Age Recordings\, 2016\; Don Giovanni\, 2025) frequented many Best
  Of lists and\, according to It’s Psychedelic Baby Magazine\, is “…c
 ontrolled pop that matters\, weaving their sound with fuzz\, reverb\, feed
 back and an eternal bliss that will melt you in place.”\n\nPop Matters c
 alls it\, "a long-awaited sermon for the faithful and a blazing induction 
 for new converts\," while Primal Music says it's "another astonishing coll
 ection of five psychedelic stories glistening with the same spaced out ing
 redients that blew my mind way back in 2007."\n\nSelected Press Quotes:\n
 \n"The San Franciscans’ washed-out guitarscapes and affectionate\, blank
 et-warm melodies resemble My Bloody Valentine jamming with Yo La Tengo."\n
 \n\\--The Big Takeover\n\n"It was a night of exceptional intrigue and quit
 e literally\, an other-worldly performance. The set bended and warped thro
 ugh psychedelic bliss. Crazed and incensed punters at the front of the cro
 wd dictated spaces to writhe themselves around in\, one chap took to takin
 g his top off\, letting his spilling gut loose and continuing to throw his
  head towards the monitor\, just incase it was not loud enough."\n\n\\--Br
 ighton's Finest\n\n"Heaven Is a Place is a long-awaited sermon for the fai
 thful\, and a blazing induction for new converts."\n\n\\--Pop Matters\, "1
 0 Best Shoegaze and Dream Pop Albums of 2016"\n\n"Magical pop that could i
 nspire one to take meds without a perscription."\n\n\\--Autopia Music\n\n"
 Dreamy indie-warp."\n\n\\--San Francisco Chronicle\, "Pop Beat"\n\n"Awesom
 e indie psych/shoegaze. A poppier My Bloody Valentine or a more opiated So
 nic Youth."\n\n\\--Robotic Empire (Richmond\, VA)\n\n"LSD and the Search f
 or God are the rightful inheritors of the more coherent side of My Bloody 
 Valentine and the more experimental\, noisy side of Luna."\n\n\\--Real Det
 roit Weekly\n\n"An absolute treat for lovers of all things shoegazey and d
 reamy. Superb."\n\n\\--Road Records. Dublin\, Ireland\n\n"Psychedelic shoe
 gazers..."\n\n\\--SF Weekly\n\n"Beautiful guitar-based gems delightfully r
 eminiscent of the early Creation Records sound."\n\n\\--Mind Expansion Rec
 ords\n\n"This impressive debut EP sounds just as epic as their name."\n\n
 \\--The Deli Magazine\, "CD of the Month"\n\n"A full-on shoegazer assault 
 of crazed guitar sounds coupled with ethereal male/female vocals. It's an 
 excellent remedy for those who still miss Ride\, MBV\, Chapterhouse...."\n
 \n\\--Losing Today\n\nBoletos: https://dice.fm/event/bb8gpg-lsd-and-the-se
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