Bad Astrology (Vinyl LP)

George D Henderson, the driving force behind 90s Dunedin icons The Puddle, celebrates 50 years of underground rock with the vinyl debut of his latest project, The New Existentialists. Featuring guest appearances from luminaries like Cosmo Potts, Brother Love, and Duane Zarakov, Bad Astrology touches on internet decay, environmental collapse, alienation, mysticism, and of course existentialism. - Flying Out

George D Henderson, formerly the main creative force of 90’s Dunedin legends The Puddle, has been making underground pop and rock gems in New Zealand for 50 years – with The Spies, The And Band, The Puddle, Mink, and, since 2012, with Auckland outfit The New Existentialists.

Bad Astrology, the first album by The New Existentialists to be released on vinyl, is an exploration of our times, songwriting focussed on themes of internet decay, environmental disaster, alienation, cultural evolution, mysticism, existentialism, romance, across some good riffs and memorable tunes. This definitive twelve-song collection, lovingly arranged and produced over a three-year period, shows where and how a rock vision spawned in the 1970s can find itself today, with excursions into freakbeat, doom metal, and softcore that'll take you all the way out to the psych pop edge of tomorrow.

Tracks include Last Days of the Internet and INVOCATION, and the first recording of Conflict w/t Authorities, a song George wrote in 1979 for The Spies. The album includes guest appearances from fellow underground legends Cosmo Potts, Brother Love, and Duane Zarakov.

Tracklist

1. 500 YEAR
2. Last Days of the Internet
3. Changes 9
4. Conflict w/t Authorities
5. I Don’t Need the Light
6. Bad Astrology
7. INVOCATION
8. Operation Pedestal
9. Metaphor
10. Garden of Earthly Delights
11. Love Commandments
12. The Nerve