I did such a bad attempt at a review of their latest self-titled double LP on
Spectrum Spools I thought they deserved another try. For me it all started with the tape
Seeping Through The Veil of Unconsciousness on
Digitalis. This came out of the blue for me and was a cut above the rest of the field with their unique pretty haunting echoes and immersive electronic drift. In my top 5 for 2010. I thought they were going to struggle to top this but they have at least twice.
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| An auspicious introduction. |
Then there was
Awakening a 3 track tape which may have been recorded earlier than the previous tape I'm not sure. More vague allusive bubbling drones, haunting ebbs and flows with waves of of wordless vocals. Side B gains an atmospheric intensity.
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| Released on Dial Square Tapes |
I think I have missed a few in between(try a gazillion, check bandcamp) but my next one was the 2011 classic
Luminaries & Synastry. This release containing shorter tracks. Is this their attempt at a pop album? Dunno about that. Electronic pulses, synth ambience and even some textural guitar. There may have even been words hidden in the swarms of buried of vocals. I described it in my top 11 LPs of 2011 as all the Vs - vaporous, vague and vacuous. All meant as compliments. Lovely.
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| Did you read your Stars today? |
Now for my 2nd attempt to make this album sound as appealing as it is.
Motion Sickness of Time Travel's self titled 2012 epic double LP. They really stretch out here with side long tracks and it suits them. They voyage out into the the cosmos in a holy manner with heavenly pulsating tones Tripping through intergalactic aquatic landscapes and then into ominous black holes and back again. Nobody has come up with a true Kosmische masterpiece such as this since the 1970s.
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| Rating - A Galaxy. |
