LSD and the Search For God
LSD and the Search For God
LSD and the Search for God hit the Northern California coast in 2005, seemingly from anotherplace and time, dosing San Francisco with hypnotic shows built on swirling guitars, otherworldlydrones, fuzzed-out popmelodies, and dreamy vocal harmonies.
Early shows and recordings drew comparisons to My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Yo La Tengo,Spacemen 3, and Sonic Youth, helping the band quickly earn a reputation as a must-see actwithin the Northern California underground shoegaze and psych scene.Their self-titled debut EP (Mind Expansion Records, 2007; Don Giovanni, 2025) sold out beforeits official release date, earned critical acclaim, and continues to appear on lists of essentialshoegaze releases.
All fivesongs cemented the band as key players in the late-2000s shoegaze revival. But thefourth track, “Starting Over,” emerged as a defining moment. It captures the genre’s essence withsubmerged vocal harmonies and a finely balanced guitar interplay that drifts between hushedintimacy and sweeping wall-of-sound swells. Striking a rare space between vulnerability andgrandeur, “Starting Over” has grown beyond a fan favorite into a modern shoegaze anthem—one that feels inseparable from the movement it helped shape.
With anticipation building around their cult-classic debut, the band delivered a second EP thatsurpassed expectations, expanded their sound, and sharpened their vision.Heaven Is a Place(Space Age Recordings, 2016; Don Giovanni, 2025) frequented many Best Of lists and,according to It’s Psychedelic Baby Magazine, is “...controlled pop that matters, weaving theirsound with fuzz, reverb, feedback and an eternal bliss that will melt you in place.”
Pop Matters calls it, "a long-awaited sermon for the faithful and a blazing induction for newconverts," while Primal Music says it's "another astonishing collection of five psychedelic storiesglistening with the same spaced out ingredients that blew my mind way back in 2007."
"Awesome indie psych/shoegaze. A poppier My Bloody Valentine or a more opiated SonicYouth."
--Robotic Empire (Richmond, VA)
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