The LP4 has been carrying the Texas Psych torch since the
Mid-90s. Following in the footsteps of the Mike Gunn and Dry Nod this seven
member quartet has been praised in the pages of Ptolemaic Terrascope
(UK), Rockerrilla (Italy), Magnet (USA), Broken Face (Sweden), et al. and has recently concluded its fruitful
relationship with September
Gurls records in Germany.
Their newest album "All Things are light" is available now (released Nov 6th 2007) on Camera Obscura records. For more information on the new album see http://www.worshipguitars.org/LP4/Media/index.html .
Additonally in the first week of December 2007 there will be a Limited 13 CDR release as part of John Melia's Grey Ghost Series. The single for Grey Ghost 48 is called "HAWG!" and was originally slated for "All Things are Light" but due to time limits of vinyl - the song ended up on the editing room floor.
History, Discography, News, Downloads, and much more can be
found at
The Linus Pauling
Quartet's Website
What people say about us:
"They look like, maybe I think, what the Goonies would look like today." - As told to Lance Scott Walker by one of the editors or 002 Magazine
First off, it's almost
impossible to describe its music in some kind of pithy rock-crit manner.
Psychedelic space metal for the Mensa set is about the best we could come up
with, and it doesn't quite encompass all that the LP4 does. It's not quite a
stoner rock band, nor pure psych rock. Some songs could be likened to the
spacey Britpop of Super Furry Animals and Spiritualized, or even early Pink
Floyd, but members also bust out with a little hardcore here and there and
even occasionally cloak themselves in the black garb of a death metal band. In
short, they sound like a pretty large swath of the totally unique Houston rock
scene all rolled into a single group.
Houston Press (USA)
"A large red sticker proclaiming
WEIRD ALERT could not make things plainer." - Q Magazine (UK)
"one of the top purveyors of
the Texas stoner psychedelic style" Free City Media (USA)
spaced out metal and ultra
heavy psychedelia that will appeal to anyone who likes.... well... spaced out
metal and ultra heavy psychedelia. - Aural Innovations (USA)
Like Slater says in Dazed and
Confused, "You couldn't handle that shit on strong acid, man." On second
thought, maybe that's the only way you could." Austin Chronicle
(USA)
"...possibly the most enigmatic
yet bombastic rock band to emerge out of Texas in the last 10 years."
- The Broken Face (Sweden)
"Anthemic, stupid and selflessly
unrestrained, the LPQ eventually attain self immolation of sorts during the
sprawling chaos." -Ptolemaic Terrascope (UK)
" [the band] should consider
doing a few less bonghits" - Option Magazine
Who we'd like to meet here-After a short bit of the usual Myspace friend trolling we quickly realized how annoying and stupid that is. Therefore, we are looking for real fans and also bands with whom we are actually friends in the real world or at the very least like minded bands who we'd like to meet and whom we admire. Yes, we've grown to hate the myspace "I have a million friends" schtick. So you won't see very many friends and you call us the Anti-myspace friend band but to quote Bill Hicks we'd "rather have a few minds in the room than a couple thousand asses in seats". I know it's cool in some camps to have a huge fake "friend collection" we just think it's utterly stupid.