San
Francisco space out band, Carlton Melton is back with a new three track 12” record. It has a lovely
cover but sadly my clear vinyl copy has a lot of surface noise on it at the
beginning of both sides, which is quite irritating. A bad press? What makes this release unique is that John
McBain (Monster Magnet) plays on it, mixed and mastered it so it has a bit
different sound (not quite as low fi as say the split with Bardo Pond) but the
same totally stoned spaceout feeling. Side A is the LP side long track called
Adrift. It starts with a jam with a quite slow pace and some noodling guitars
and a keyboard drone. It is a very stoned piece of space drone but some more
intense guitar solos come in towards the end as a heavier riff also develops half
way through. The synths start to rise up and play a more active part of the
huge soundscape that has developed now and the drums are nearly gone in the
sound. Flip the record over for two more tracks, starting with the title track.
A keyboard drone, some space sounds and a basic repeated guitar line starts
things off. This track has more interaction between the two guitars to start
but then the spaced out synths get louder and cause a weird distraction. These
guys remind me a bit of a really slow motion Acid Mothers Temple who are super
stoned. Trippy. The next track though is the most psychedelic and totally far
out. A very noisy freaky song. Far out…
I think fans of older Bardo Pond would probably really dig this stuff. This is
music for real stoners..
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