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b'So many years have passed,\\u201d sing the Blues Magoos on the title track to Psychedelic Resurrection, their first new studio album in four decades. \\u201cBut now we\\u2019re back and on this journey. \\u201d The legendary psychedelic band from the Bronx, have returned with the release scheduled for October 14 on Kayos. Original members, lead vocalist/keyboardist Ralph Scala and vocalist/guitarist Peppy Castro, along with drummer Geoff Daking, who joined prior to the recording of the band\\u2019s hit debut album, Psychedelic Lollipop, were joined by newest additions, Mike Ciliberto on guitar and Peter Stuart Kohman on bass. The album also features cameos by original bassist Ronnie Gilbert and lead guitarist Mike Esposito, who also became part of the band before releasing their debut album, which went to #21 on the Billboard Top 200, thanks to the massive Top 5 single, \\u201c(We Ain\\u2019t Got Nothin\\u2019 Yet),\\u201d re-recorded for the new album.\\u201cBeing a Blues Magoo is like taping into my childhood. Rock till we Drop!\\u201d states Castro. \\u201cThis is what we do/We\\u2019ll take you in a new direction,\\u201d Scala promises on Psychedelic Resurrection, and it is both a reminder of where they came from and a bold step into reclaiming a classic garage-punk-rock sound that has been imitated by everyone from the White Stripes and the Black Keys to Ty Segall and Parquet Courts. The Blues Magoos\\u2019 November 1966 debut album represented a landmark of the kind of garage punk that anticipated bands like Television and the Ramones, with the band\\u2019s cover of John D. Loudermilk\\u2019s \\u201cTobacco Road\\u201d included on Lenny Kaye\\u2019s original, influential 1972 Nuggets album, and their \\u201cWe Ain\\u2019t Got Nothin\\u2019 Yet\\u201d as part of the 1998 re-issue.'