psychedelic music

American  

[sahy-ki-del-ik myoo-zik] / ˈsaɪ kɪˌdɛl ɪk ˈmyu zɪk /

Sometimes psych rock

noun

1. a genre of music originating in the 1960s, incorporating elements from a variety of popular genres and characterized by experimental sonic effects, exotic instrumentation, dreamy or surreal lyrics, and, often, bizarre band names (often used attributively).

   The four-piece band Swedish Death Candy released its debut psychedelic music album in 2017.

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Example Sentences

There’s a casino/hospital, a psychedelic music festival, a cooking show, an ocean dotted with desert islands, and many others.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2021

Drawing on electro-funk, soul, jazz and psychedelic music, “Channel Orange” provided the blueprint for a wave of artists aggressively pulling away from the conventional boundaries of the genre.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2019

Mr. Emerick found a way to process Lennon’s voice through a revolving speaker to produce a masterpiece of psychedelic music.

From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2018

Or think about the Flower Power of the late 1960s, with anti-war movements, psychedelic music, and the Summer of Love.

From Scientific American • Sep. 5, 2017

By the mid-1960s, Mr. Charters had also been drawn to the psychedelic music emerging in the San Francisco area.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2015