Reviewing The Hors d'Oeuvres demo from last year in LowCut #44 I wrote that is was a demo forewarning a great record that I really looked forward to. Well, now it’s here – and it’s damn brilliant! For those ignorants not aware, The Hors d'Oeuvres is probably the best fucking desert/stoner band in Denmark. And this release only adds to my fave for these guys. Absolutely best thing about this new album is the heavy psychedelic vibe all over trying to melt your speakers as it floats out into the room and warms your soul. The song structure is as usual complex in the most simple and accessible way and makes me once again wonder if front man Lasse actually fell in the pot of magic tea as a child? No matter what, he’s backed by a damn tight rhythm section made up by bassist Steffen and drummer Kurt. Adding to the psyche-fun is also Justin Schoening doing space-guitar and freaky organ and Lars Trier playing clarinet on the title track “Yeast”. I love the shift in a more psyched out direction without loosing the heaviness and if I’m not wrong there are even strong elements of Sgt. Pepper on closing song “The Leak”? The Hors d'Oeuvres MySpace Review in LowCut #44
The Baby Woodrose side project called Dragontears has just finished the recordings of their second album, entitled Tambourine Freak Machine. The release date is set for for November 17 and it will be available as LP/CD and download. As a teaser it is now possible to listen to the song "Sunrise" on the Bad Afro MySpace.
"I've lately been burning up my lonely room courtesy of... four gnarly druids that go by the name (The) Bad Trips... a magnificently Lo-fi Cinemascope instrumental hybrid of early Guru Guru, the Afrika Corps and the Fire Engines (yooz shitting me! I ain't!), via the C90 meltdown of California's the Zebra Attack." - Julian Cope
Although the Danish “alternative” rock scene is mostly very predictable and pretty boring, one gets surprised from time to time. Listening to Beta Satan’s Girls for the first time was one of those nice surprises. Kind of: “Well, there’s still some hope left for the kids”. On the other hand I know that I’m a predictable old ignorant that hates almost anything hyped in the Danish mainstream press. Beta Satan is kind of an all-star band with members from Tiger Tunes and I Am Bones – two bands I have ignored completely! Anyway, this record is really cool aggressive synth driven guitar rock. Lot’s of punky attitude and snotty provocative lyrics. It’s really original, catchy and melodic. I like this a lot and find this record a fresh blow to the whining and boring Danish mainstream so-called rock. If this kind of music is gonna hit the charts and get some serious airplay at the major radio stations, I’ll clap my hands and piss my pants. I would love it if the sorry mainstream indie-kids and confused Volbeat “fans“ would turn their ears towards Beta Satan and went for more experimental rock like this. But hey, let’s put them down instead; don’t let them think they are better than us! Isn’t that what we usually do? It’s not that good! The record gets a bit boring at the end doesn’t it? Well, the Danish press has been full of 3 out of 6 ratings and conform reviews. So let’s get in opposition … it's a 5/5
Today I passed Repo Man Records as usual when I biked from work. To my surprise the shop was still open and Troels was there. So I stepped in and had a chat. It's usually closed when I go home, so it was an nice surprise. Another nice surprise was the record spinning. At first I thought it was some Black Angels I hadn't heard before, on the other hand it was a little too mellow. But I liked it and found the record and said "I'll buy this!". Usually I ask about the stuff and has to think twice before I buy something I don't know. I asked Troels about the band afterwards but he didn't know much about the band, he also just liked the music. They are from Brooklyn I know - just like La Otracina ... hmmm, funny coincidence.
Jesucks! I mean, gee… man – La Otracina is a mind bending hard to cope with complex familiarity. Adam Kriney of the band contacted me through my blog and asked if I wanted to review this new mini-album. And hell yes I wanted to after listening to the songs on their MySpace site. Adam presents them as a stoner-prog/psych band. I would go further and call them a heavy prog-space-freejazz band - or whatever. This record is for sure going to keep your mind occupied for the whole half hour! The music interchanges from amphetamine driven space-jazz to downtempo almost prog-doom into almost polished psych-prog. The record seems to be one long suite with all songs floating in and out of each other. Every new song is a new surprise since they change their style from song to song – well, actually even within many of the songs. What a cool band and what cool music. This is for fans of Zappa as well as Hawkwind as well as Orthodox. http://www.myspace.com/laotracina Colour Sound Recordings
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