Buried Feather "Mind of the Swarm"

Country: Australia
Genre(s): Instrumental Krautrock, Psychedelic
Label: Cobra Snake Necktie Records (Australia)/ Bilocation Records (UK/Europe) - vinyl
Format: vinyl, digital
Release date: February 10, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Would I Miss You (3:44)
2. Dust (3:16)
3. The Stranger (5:13)
4. Mind Of The Swarm (4:51)
5. Sunshine (4:20)
6. Endless C (4:15)
7. Regular Creep (5:10)
8. Screen Dreamer (5:31)
9. Well Wishes (5:36)

Total time 41:56

Line-up: 
Jim Grimwade - Bass Guitar
Steve McLennan - Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizers
Josh Moult - Keyboards & Synthesizers
Callam Routledge - Drums, Percussion & Xylophone
Nick Franklin & Joe Driver - Additional Percussion

Description/Reviews: 

With a sound built on fuzzy drone and swirling keyboards, Buried Feather’s live shows have built a loyal following, drawing regular comparisons to the likes of Dead Meadow and Spacemen 3. Mind of the Swarm is a dynamic realisation of Buried Feather’s signature hypnotic sound. Buried Feather cover plenty of territory on the new record, starting out with the off-kilter fuzz-pop of Would I Miss You and the swirling, kosmische trance of first single Dust. Deeper into the record, Endless C’s sunny, doped-up groove brings some light, but there is plenty of shade as well. On the album’s title track, Buried Feather layer menacing riffs over a pulsating rhythm before the song falls away to nothing - only to return with even darker intent.

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Church Of The Cosmic Skull "Is Satan Real?"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Retro Prog, Hard Rock
Label: Bilocation Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: September 16, 2016
Tracklist: 
1. Mountain Heart (6:06)
2. Black Slug (5:04)
3. Movements In The Sky (3:34)
4. Answers In Your Soul (3:57)
5. Is Satan Real? (4:19)
6. Watch It Grow (4:01)
7. Evil In Your Eye (11:14)

Total Time 38:15

Line-up: 
Bill Fisher - Guitar & Vocals
Michael Wetherburn - Organ & Vocals
Loz Stone - Drums
Sam Lloyd - Bass & Vocals
Jo Joyce - Vocals
Amy Nicholson - Electric Cello & Vocals
Caroline Cawley - Vocals

Description/Reviews: 

...what we have here are genuine mainstream contenders. It’s not even a ‘grower’- from the first spin this album is instantly, gob-smackingly, impressive.
Opening track ‘Mountain Heart’ may be the most mountainous piece of music ever written; it opens with all the pomp and grandeur of Leslie West’s Mountain, jagged keys and stratospheric guitar soloing, and then once the massed vocals erupt the left field retooling of classic rock perfected by early Black Mountain is called to mind…and the songs called, well, you get it. As a showcase for the bands sound it’s well chosen, the sweet soulful surge of voices and the swirling Hammond cause an uplift of your spirits which is maintained across the length of the album, despite many darker moments. I’m going to stick my neck out and say it’s the best opening number on an album I’ve heard this year.

Read the full review by Chris Ball at echoesanddust.com

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