Wow..
how I was surprised to hear about this one! I did not know that this far out
Australian band from Brisbane even existed anymore. I have their
Psychedelometer CD from 2007 that I reviewed way back then. Now they have a new full length record so get
ready for a trip. Since the names of the musicians were coded on the earlier
release (Captain Monotone, Stucifer (Stuart?)and Max Volume) I don’t know if it
is the same people or not. I think it is the same three guys plus a 4th
member now. Anyway, side A starts off with the title track, which is going all
over the place and changing speeds and is quite chaotic and difficult to get a
grasp of but Paul brings in some vocals inbetween some lead guitar passages and
lots of spaced out sounds. Folow Me starts off dreamy before the nearly heavy
metal but very 1980s Hawkwind style guitar riff kicks in but with a more raw
sounds. Reminds me of some Huw Llloyd Langton stuff as well. Excession is next
and features a spoken word vocal and is a really space slow track with some cool
space synth sounds but the main focus on the psychedelic guitar lines. Polydream
is heavily synth lead (like stuff Harvey Bainbridge might play) and more
uptempo but seems like it ends just as it was going to take off somewhere
interesting?? Ok, flip the record over now. Subsequent Retraction has a deep
bass line and starts with a wild lead guitar line and slow drums before the
drummer (Stuart) takes the lead to drive the pace of the track and Paul
(Singer, guitarist, synth programmer and bass) heads off on a wild solo. This
was certainly just a cool instrumental jam the band had. Atmosphere of Decay
has what sounds like mostly programmed but many some real drums and layers of
synths in another instrumental track. Tanquil has a totally different sound production
and the volume output has dropped quite a bit in another instrumental track
with a melodic guitar thread and nice solo but there is also something menacing
that never quite clears the fog to bite you! Verzweiflung has a vocal and
feeling of some of the recent Nik Turner and Space Ritual material and even the
latest Darxtar record, Aged to Perfection. I believe in UFO’s ends this record
with a track that has a very cool heavy guitar riff, some spoken word vocals
and lots of spaced sounds but still a melodic thread to it. A pretty cool
record and quite different than Psychedelometer. Enjoy the trip.. The vinyl is
limted edition in a cool yellow-green color (100), green (200) black (200) and the
yellow-green one comes with a poster, sticker and three postcards. A very nice
release.
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