Strobe was a very cool UK band from the early 90s. I
have all their old records so I was very interested to hear this record. This
recording is from 1994, when the band had moved on from is LOOP inspired
repetitive psych rock. This was recorded in between the Circle never Ends LP
and the Alienation one (1997), when the bands sound had become more
mainstream. Anyway, at the Bunker
studios, they set in with the three guitar line up and just played and
recorded. This is all live with no overdubs but some vocals. The opening track is 10mins long and called
Sun Birth, a slow building track with the 3 different guitars mixing in riffs,
bending notes, etc.. as the drums and bass just keep the jam moving forward. It
is a quit open sound production so you can hear all instruments clearly. By 6mins one of the guitar players his lead
mode and plays a very cool solo and then another joins in as they start to weave.
Cool jam. Into your Skin is only 3 mins long and a proper song with
vocals. It ends quite fast as I was just
getting into it. Obsession and Chameleon
Earth which starts side B both actually appeared on the Alienation record from
1997 but in a rerecorded version (Zoo Station).
I really like the delay guitar line on Obsession as it builds up and
balances the vocals. Great song. Chameleon Earth speeds things up a bit but
keeps the sort of dark but melodic feel of the music and features Mitch’s
vocal. It features some very melodic guitars. Opium Dreams features Helen on
Vocals and starts very dreamy but slowly builds up on the back of the wah
guitar as it slowly builds and gets more psychedelic. The vocal remains very
light and dreamy, despite the more psychy guitars. Sun Death is the final track
and is an instrumental and very cool- If you dug the bands 90s records you will
want to get this one for sure. Great find Dave…
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