Three years after 'One Track Mind', here come the Psychic Ills again. 'Inner Journey Out' (Sacred Bones Records) is an album with a heterogeneous composition. The approach is still mostly derived from Spacemen 3 ('Fade Me Out', 'Back To You', 'Another Change', and the two gospel tracks 'I Don't Mind' and the beautiful 'Coca Cola Blues'), mixed with a certain nihilism and Velvet Underground garage vibes ('Confusion', 'Mixed Up Mind', 'All Alone'). In an album that might seem pretentious, and one of its limitations might be its excessive length, the band also dares to venture into meditative episodes like 'Hazel Green' and 'New Mantra', leading up to the long session of 'Ra Wah Wah'. It's not a masterpiece, but neither is it an album that leaves listeners indifferent, especially those devoted to the cult of psychedelia.
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