The totally
improvised band, MBTW are back with a nearly double vinyl record (sadly the 4th
side is totally blank, what a waste, but this is my only negative comment). The
packaging is awesome on the double vinyl edition and the tracks have a great
flow and feeling. Side A starts with Fire Fire! A 13 min track with intense drums
and bass and guitar feedback and riffing as it pushes forward. There is a video
for this on youtube.
A beautifully spacey guitar solo is played while the band just pushes forward
with a wall of sound. A fantastic jam and the mellotron comes in at the end as
well. Pagan Moonbeam is a very short 4 min track that starts with acoustic
guitar and it has a bit of an eastern feeling to it and Ronny (bass player)
plays some organ as well and Mathias sitar. Side B starts with a shorter, dark
mysterious piece also focusing on the mellotron. The title is very long.
Torbjörn Abelli is the 11 min show piece of this side and it is very melodic
and spacey with great interaction between the two guitar players. Really
floating, transport you to another universe stuff. The last side has you break
right into a jam in progress where the band is really grooving with some nice
guitar leads that then slowly comes down into a floating space section. The
title track ends this really excellent 2nd record. It starts with a
slowly developing repetitive bass and guitar line that grows. The band has made
a very different record from the first, mainly with an extensive use of
mellotron, which adds a different element to the two guitar approach. A really
nice spacey journey. Fans of Øresund Space Collective, the Spacious Mind and
Farflungs earlier material will dig this.
This is a site where I post reviews of CDs, DVDs, LPs, and concerts. I have been writing music reviews on and off since 1984. I ran a heavy metal fanzine from 1984-1988 called Metal Madness and have been a staff writer for Aural Innovations for many years. I have also contributed to Chrohinga Well (RIP), Bad Acid (RIP), Lowcut (RIP), Roadburn and a number of other zines as well. I recently moved to Portugal so please request the new address and do not send any music to Denmark anymore. Tak..
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This album with Papir's Stundum are on my jam top of 2011
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