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Witches, The – A Haunted Person's Guide To... – New LP
Witches, The – A Haunted Person's Guide To... – New LP
Witches, The – A Haunted Person's Guide To... – New LP
Witches, The – A Haunted Person's Guide To... – New LP
Witches, The – A Haunted Person's Guide To... – New LP
Witches, The – A Haunted Person's Guide To... – New LP
Witches, The – A Haunted Person's Guide To... – New LP
Witches, The – A Haunted Person's Guide To... – New LP
Alive Records

Witches, The – A Haunted Person's Guide To... – New LP

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Essential set for fans of psychedelic garage rock, this album housing cuts from The Witches albums from late in the 20th century and early in the next one, not a weak moment, the tempo slowed compared to some of these Detroit musicians' other projects, clearly coming from the Motor City at the turn of the century while clearly influenced by the 1960s (and on a few cuts the 70s glitter that the 1960s music helped create), the cuts purposely selected to create an album of songs that pour together like gravel and gray mud from the groove in the funnel of a cement mixer, never forced horror but instead exploring the macabre and the darkness and flickers of light of everyday thoughts and life, and rather than exploration and excess, the instrumentations focus on the garage pop songs that could fit on one side of a 7", the production never overdone but songs rolling thick as syrup on a Michigan November morning, stirring sounds like haunting thoughts when you wake in the darkness with your skull full of dreams and demons.  -- winch (green noise)

AllMusic Review by

It takes a very special artist to collaborate with Flotsam and Jetsam, Killing Joke, the Dirtbombs, and Spiritualized, and Troy Gregory is just that kind of musician. While Gregory has an impressive and eclectic résumé, some of his best work has also been his least appreciated, namely the albums he cut with his band the Witches. A revolving collective of Detroit musicians (members of the Electric Six, Outrageous Cherry, the Sights, the Go, and Larval all played with the group between 1996 and 2007) with Gregory as the leader and principle songwriter, the Witches offered up a deliciously twisted take on classic pop in which the dark throb of the Velvet Underground squares off against various archetypes of mid-‘60s rock & roll (psychedelia, bubblegum, and garage rock) in the midst of a seance. Unfortunately, the Witches' body of recorded work has appeared on small independent labels that have been poorly distributed outside the Midwest, but Alive Natural Sound Records have given their music the second chance it richly deserves with A Haunted Person's Guide to the Witches, a 12-song collection that features representative tracks from the group's four albums as well as a tune from their unreleased debut, Everything Changes Reality, and two unreleased performances. Considering this album was assembled from songs recorded over the space of 11 years, it's a pleasant surprise that A Haunted Person's Guide coheres like a proper album rather than a compilation; the dark echoes, insistent rhythms, dark but tasty melodies, and playfully surreal lyrics are a constant throughout, as are Gregory's rich vocals, passionate with just the right touch of period sneer, and the impressive musicianship from his various accompanists. If this album has a flaw, it's that at just 37 minutes, it leaves out more memorable material from the Witches than it includes, and a 20-song set could have given the band the proper, full-bodied anthology they merit. But as an introduction to a group that deserves a significantly higher profile, A Haunted Person's Guide to the Witches leaves little doubt Gregory and his associates have made some brilliant, idiosyncratic pop music, and if you like your music tuneful, a wee bit creepy, and lots of fun to sing along with, then you and the Witches were made for one another, and this album will show you why in concise, convincing fashion.









Detroit band. Anthology housing cuts from all five albums (1998-2011). Color vinyl.

Everyone The Greatest
Down On Ugly Street
Lost With The Real Gone
Who Wants 2 Sleep With The Birthday Grrl
People What's Wrong With U
Spirit World Rising
Why Do U Make Me Feel Like That
The Haunted Regulars
(She Got Some Kinda) Thing
Attack Ov Thee Misfit Toyz
Sleepin' On A Demons Tree
Creepin' Thru Yer Galaxy












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