This is one of the very early US Christmas CD-Rs from 2004 that is now out on vinyl in three different colors (250 of each color). I really dig this
band, their bluesy, heavy, psychedelic, space rock sound and this shows a bit
of where their roots are. If you order the vinyl, you get a digital download
that also includes a live version of Lazerus from San Francisco. The title
track is a short 2 min acoustic track with some spaced sounds and vocals. This
leads into New War, and this is a pretty heavy riffing track with screaming and
distorted vocals by Nate. The guitar solo sections are intense as well. Gallows
Humor is a more dreamy instrumental track with acoustic and electric guitar and
some spacey synths as well as it goes up and down in dynamics and it repeats
itself over and over. Black Snake is a more intense track with that
characteristic guitar riffing and powerful vocal delivery and a few space synth
sounds kick in intensely at times making it feel very Hawkwind like. This is the
coolest track on the record, totally blew me away. Walk Under is a short
acoustic track. An early version of their popular song, Lazerus appears next. Thin
the Herd is an intense rocking instrumental track with a groove. The title
track part II is a long 10 min psychedelic trip song. If you pre-ordered the
record you also get a pretty cool 7min long version of Lazerus recorded in San
Francisco. This is a cool record in three colors of vinyl!
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