LADIES WC Vinyl & CDs

Review: Independent Spanish label Munster Records benevolently reissue the sole record by Venezuelan psych rock band Ladies Water Closet. Made up of Adib Casta, Jaime Seijas, Mario Seijas and Stephen Scott, Ladies W.C. were prominent members of many other bands in the 60s psychedelia heyday, and yet the Water Closet was by far their most unserious project, consisting in ragtag twang-offs, dusty drum fill fandangos and yet quite amazing vocal performances, the combination of which factors likely went on to cause one online user to rightly call it "the most collectible record from Venezuela". No wonder they say so: only tens of copies were originally printed in 1968, and a reissue hasn't surfaced again since 1999. The wah pedal is really put to the metal here, so this must be a special privy midden indeed; but the cinematic synth moments are impeccable too, as on 'The Time Of Hope Is Gone'.