Psychic Ills - FRKWYS Vol. 4.5: Nowhere in the Night (2022)

Psychic Ills and Gibby Haynes’ Nowhere in the Night arrives from somewhere sometime ago, a document of sound bending, twisting, and stretching with the joy of collaboration and untethered aspiration.

Psychic Ills, then the trio Tres Warren, Elizabeth Hart, and Brian Tamborello, first intersected musically with Gibby Haynes, then and forever the founding member of Butthole Surfers, when the two groups with Texas roots toured extensively in 2009, and next when the Ills invited Haynes to contribute to the fourth volume of FRKWYS, an ongoing series of intergenerational collaborations that began that same year. Featured alongside interpretations of Psychic Ills’ music by Juan Atkins and Faust’s Hans-Joachim Irmler, Haynes’ contribution, a melted, modular melange, inspired the four musicians to manifest their mutual appreciation in a studio setting.

After the Nowhere in the Night session, the mixed and mastered album would remain relegated to a handful of test pressings while respective creative paths lead to and through new horizons. The project was never abandoned, rather allowed time to steep in mystery. Tres Warren passed away in March 2020. With Liz's guidance, we’re humbled to offer this intimate yet expansive document, and honor Tres’s time with us.



Tracklist:
1.01 - Psychic Ills - No Way (1:17)
1.02 - Psychic Ills - At Long Last (9:55)
1.03 - Psychic Ills - Clone (2:50)
1.04 - Psychic Ills - Schizo Fez (2:14)
1.05 - Psychic Ills - Shakin' (1:20)
1.06 - Psychic Ills - Lude (4:45)
1.07 - Psychic Ills - Something Like That (4:33)
1.08 - Psychic Ills - Where's the Beginning? (2:34)