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Monday, September 23, 2013

Carlton Melton "Always Even"


Country: USA
Sub GenrePsychedelic
LabelAgitated Records
Release dateSeptember 23, 2013 (UK/EU), October 1, 2013 (USA)
Tracklist
1. Slow Wake (5:25)
2. Keeping On (7:46)
3. Spiderwebs (4:40)
4. Sarsen (9:28)
5. The Splurge (10:30)

Line-up
Andy Duvall - Guitar, Drums
Clint Golden - Bass Guitar, Drums
Rich Millman - Guitar, Synth

Description/Reviews
Things start slowly with the gentle lappings of “Slow Wake” – a mind massage aboard the holodeck of the Enterprise, the track’s amorphous landscape swirling together with producer John McBain of Monster Magnet‘s extensive echoplex delay. The kraut-rocking “Keeping On” then sets the dial for deep space via its crunching bassline and sci-fi synth dither, exploding latterly with brain-busting guitar riffs. Next, the red-eyed “Spiderwebs” explores the same synth-driven, “psychedelically-enhanced drone” as helped made Photos Of Photos a success.
The two ten-minute closers are harder, peeling back layers of chugging kraut to expose phaser battles, righteous shred and thick streams of dark paranoia that slowly creep around and strangle the senses. Maybe it’s just a case of Carlton Melton having overdone the herb – maybe not – but the darkside always was more appealing in any case. Always Even is but more proof. (Rob Gannon, sicmagazine.net)

Media/Samples 
Sarsen

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