Labels: Champion Version
Review by: Gareth L
Not sure I’ve really heard anything like this before. I keep wanting to describe it as a (mostly) slowmotion instrumental krautrock album but that sounds kind of silly, but hopefully you get the idea from that. Drony, dreamy, repetitive minimalism with some nifty drumwork; really a nice sounding album. There are some welcome breaks from the jazzy drums too on a couple of lovely ambient numbers. There is a review of another album of theirs here on Collective that is not particularly positive but to me, this one is totally an album to get lost for an hour in or listen to on a long drive alone as the sun slowly sets. It sounds like it could be at least partly improvised, but with music this chill, who cares man. If by the beginning of the last track you’ve drifted into some kind of state of bliss, beware – it’s a noisy one, like some old unreleased Kyuss jam. That sore thumb aside, this is definitely worth a look.