40 years after their formation, New England grindcore crew Psycho are back with Vulture Church, the band’s fifth album among a few dozen EPs and splits. The album is out next month on Selfmadegod, but the title track is available to stream below right now.
“Vulture Church” leads with a lengthy sample before jumping into lurching, punk-influenced grindcore. There’s a decidedly old-school feel to the song and album thanks to the mid-paced music and harsh vocal delivery. Guitarist Johnny X lays down a brief, flashy guitar solo at the end of the song as the vocals get more and more crazed before ending abruptly.
“‘Vulture Church’ is about a church we went to in Lima, Peru,” explains drummer/vocalist Charlie Infection. “It was an older church in total disrepair; the walls were blown out and it was so worn down and abandoned that some local vultures had taken over the church!”
