Psychic Ills @ Broadcast, Glasgow, 30 Nov

Psych-pop. Desert blues. Country jams. Experimental rock. It's fair to say that multiple genre labels have been applied to NYC group Psychic Ills. A decade on from their debut release Dins, founding duo Tres Warren and Elizabeth Hart are still shapeshifting, this time with their fifth full-length release Inner Journey Out. 

Kicking off a crowded Broadcast basement gig with an instrumental piece, Western Metaphor (from 2013's One Track Mind) makes for a fuzzy, wordless intro that channels the Psychic Ills' trademark cosmic fugue. Keeping psychedelia at the core, Warren, Hart and their backing band then gently stir tracks from their latest album into the mix. The ebulliently-strummed Baby is a bluesy ballad backed by winsome harmonies, while Hart delivers an absorbing take on Inner Journey Out's lead single I Don't Mind, which was recorded for the album as a duet with Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval.

As they settle deeper into a cozy groove, the group tease out highlights from Inner Journey Out's sonic patchwork. Another Change is buoyed along by guitar twang; Ra Wah Wah is a near ten-minute wash of spacey synth and psych-guitar noodling, and All Alone hugs tightly to 60s surf-rock riffs. With ten-plus years of stoner-friendly tunes under their belt, Psychic Ills certainly know how to bring a chill soundtrack for a laid-back, blissed-out Wednesday evening.