Syd Barrett was brilliantly talented, both as a guitarist and a songwriter. He was also a quite disturbed individual. He enjoyed taking LSD, despite the fact that it exasperated his already existing schizophrenia. This strange mix took his mind to uncharted waters. This fact was manifested not only in Pink Floyd. But even moreso in his solo music, as his mind further deteriorated. The result could be thought of as something beyond psychedelia. Maybe call it psychephrenia!
When I first listened to this album, I had very fucked up dreams that night. And I know it was due to my subconsciousness trying to process, make sense of, and BSOD'ing from the haphazard input I'd given it earlier that day. To me, that alone proves that Syd's music was absolutely exceptionable and there's nothing else like it.
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