Written by Pat Harrington
So here's my first
shot at doing a "Best Of" list, as a result, it comes to you about a
month too late and a way too long. I wanted to do something different so I focused
on albums that were released on vinyl in 2013. More specifically, I focused on
albums that I have on vinyl... therefore, you may find this list to be
incomplete, subjective, irrelevant or just a waste of time, this all may be
true.
Frankly, this was
also my way of whittling down the field. The good news is that this underground
doom/stoner/psych/retro/sludge world (whatever ya wanna call it) unleashed a
flurry of excellent music in 2013. There is so much good heavy shit coming out
nowadays it is nearly impossible to keep track or keep up. For me to try and
cover all that is out there and worth listening to would be an exercise in
futility. However, I did include a few albums that have not yet been released
on vinyl because they were just too amazing to ignore.
In addition to
focusing on the music contained on these albums, I also evaluated artwork and
design. I've become a bit of a vinyl junkie over the last year or so and I
believe a big part of that has to do with the fact that so many of the bands
and/or labels out there are doing such great work with packaging. Surprisingly,
the cutting edge seems to be coming from the DIY labels and independent bands.
Come to think of it, that's not surprising at all. Accordingly, I have included
photos from the "Bearded Turntable Of Doom" feature on my
Facebook/Instagram pages for these albums to help illustrate why they are just
so damn cool!
Through my podcast,
the Electric Beard Of Doom, I have become exposed to a plethora of great music,
great bands... blogs... labels… and people. I am truly grateful to all of you
who help make this such a vibrant and important "scene". As a result,
I've become more excited about music than I've been in a very long time.
Additionally, it's all been hugely inspiring to me as a musician. Every album
on this list has affected me as a musician, they've inspired me in more ways
than I can really say.
So to all the bands
out there making such great music, I say thank you! This is a labor of love for
all of us and together, we are truly making something special!
Thanks to Lucas and
the Paranoid Hitsophrenic for agreeing to host this feature. I've been a
contributor to the "Super Doom Charts" since it's inception and Lucas
is doing excellent and important work in helping bring all this great music to
light.
Special thanks to
Grip Of Delusion Radio and Core Of Destruction Radio for bringing The Beard to
the masses! I have been on hiatus for the last few months, but will be back
with a brand new episode on Saturday... The Best Of The Beard 2013!
You can check out
Electric Beard Of Doom every Saturday...
10AM EST on Core Of
Destruction Radio - www.coreofdestructionradio.com
5PM EST on Grip Of
Delusion Radio - www.gripofdelusion.com
You can also listen
to any episode, anytime on Mixcloud!
Finally, thanks to
all of you who listen, like, tweet, post, repost, gram or whatever... it is all
of you that make all this worth it and I am forever grateful for your continued
support.
Enjoy, dig it and
get down people!
Top 12 Vinyl Releases (LP’s) – Alphabetical Order
Ancient Warlocks:
Ancient Warlocks
Music:
This album takes the
art of the riff and boils it down to a science. Eight songs deep and clocking
in at a mere 33 minutes and change, not a second is wasted and every note, beat
and vocal inflection is accounted for. Stoner rock, riff rock, whatever you wanna
call it, these guys have fashioned a perfect representation of the best
underground heavy music has to offer. At the same time, the precision in the
way the songs are crafted and executed sets them apart from many of their
“stoner rock” brethren. In addition, Superwizard is one of the best songs of
the year.
Album Design:
This is only the second release from Lay
Bare Recordings (distributed by Burning World Records) and they are already
making their mark for the quality of their releases and artistic vision. Simple
black and white, hand numbered, reverseboard jacket and a gatefold with an
excellent color depiction of an Ancient Warlock by Adam Burke, this album
jacket is simple but bold. The two tone (black and white) side A and Side B
reverse smoke thingy vinyl (i’m trying people!) completes what is and excellent
all around artistic expression. Without a doubt one of the best albums of the
year visually as well as musically.
Borracho: Oculus
Borracho also bring
precision to their songcraft, although they do it for much longer periods of
time. Believers of slow, menacing, monolithic riffs, the songs of Oculus take
their time to sink in. Enough time to let one wallow in the fantastic fuzzy
tone of the guitars, the wonderfully stoney grooves along with the thunderous
low-end that they are becoming known for. Now a three piece, Borracho bring a
laser focus to Oculus and the result is five songs filled with knuckledraggin’
riffs and some of the best grooves around! Devoid of spooky stuff, overt drug
references and bullshit, Oculus is workingman's rock and it’s some of the best
music this year has to offer!
Album Design:
Technically (and unbelievably) an
independent release, Oculus is distributed through No Balls Records, Strange
Magic Records and AM Records. Depending on which release you buy, the color of
the vinyl is different for each label. I have the Strange Magic version, which
comes with transparent blue/green vinyl. Fitting, as it makes it look like a
big eye. The jacket is hand numbered and designed by the bassist Tim (I think)
and the artwork is very cool indeed. All in all, Borracho’s no frills approach
is very effective and old school, much like the band themselves. Labels need to
take note of Borracho immediately!
Brutus: Behind The
Mountains
Great guitar tones,
great blues riffs, good time rock in roll! This album sounds great too,
one of the best sounding albums of all the retro-Scandinavian-type bands out
there... Listening to the song "Reflections", the guitar tone is
immaculate! Jimmy Page would be proud to put out an album that sounds
this good!
This album is retro
rock for the regular guy! I dig bands that don't take themselves too seriously
and Brutus are self aware enough to know that they are the big silly bastard on
the bus. Even though much of the lyrics are (kind of) dark, there is an
air of goofiness that weaves it's way through the album. They stay away
from a lot of the trappings that many of the recent flock of retro-occulty
bands get stuck in. There's even a song about dudes big ass square headed
dog! This makes Brutus a breath of fresh air among a genre that is in
danger of becoming a cliche of itself.
I want to hang out
with these guys. I want to drink multitudes of beer with them. I
want to prowl the cobblestone streets of Northern Europe with Brutus late at night,
get stoned out of my mind and eat pizza with salami on it while wiping the
grease on my already dirty denim vest with the sick Brutus patch on the back.
Yeah I do ...
Album Design: Not sure which pressing I
got or how many there are, but it’s on Svart Records. A reverseboard jacket
displays incredible artwork by Maarten Donders. Donders has a way of creating
alternate universes with his cover design that is both beautiful and trippy as
hell! The gatefold features a black and white photo of the bands gear and
set-up. For us gearheads, it might as well be a centerfold! An Orange rack,
Marshall thighs and an ass by Acoustic! An insert is also included, complete
with lyrics and a collage of road/studio/silly band photos. Rounding out the
classic feel to this classic album is 180 grams of pure black, shiny vinyl. Dig
in!
Egypt: Become The Sun
Album Design: This double LP, released on
Doomentia Records, was a limited run of 500 units and is sold out. 100 were
made with gold vinyl, which is the one I have. The cover art is a brilliant,
blistering design by Brian Koschak and nicely complimented with gatefold
artwork by Mistelle Stein. So fitting to the title and the music, the sun burns
the travelers alive as these songs sear to our brains. Definitely one of the
finest and most completely designed and packaged releases of the year, stunning
in every way.
In The Company Of
Serpents: Of The Flock
Album Design: Black and white are the
only colors you’ll find here. This independent release (standard version)
outdoes most of the major label “Die Hard” releases I’ve seen this year! As
described on their Bandcamp page, “Limited edition virgin vinyl pressing on clouded
black/white vinyl. Artwork by Mike Lawrence Illustration. The album and sleeve
will come in a custom black-on-black envelope hand sealed with signet wax.” The
album also comes with an insert complete with lyrics and liner notes. The design
of this album perfectly represents the music that comes out of the speakers and
it’s all disturbingly beautiful.
Kadavar; Abra Kadavar
Album Design: Released on Nuclear Blast
Records, There are probably numerous pressings with many variations. A simple
cover with a photo of the band, the design of the album is very understated. A
sepia feel throughout that includes a gatefold with a photo of a skull with
some feathers ‘n stuff, the fun part of this album is the vinyl itself! I
believe the color was marketed as “beer splatter” and it sure does look fun
when it spins around, like the head of a fine German beer rising to the
surface.
Monomyth: Monomyth
Monomyth’s self-titled
debut is a creeper. While some releases start high on the doom charts and
quickly disappear, Monomyth has been steadily crawling it’s way up the charts
for going on 4 months now. I recently got the LP from Roadburn/Burning World
Records (check the incredible artwork from Maarten Donders) and even though I
personally have been recommending this album to anyone who would listen since
September, I still can’t listen to it enough. It’s instrumental “groove rock”
to the highest order (you see what I did there); the best of the good ole
(pre-Dark Side) Pink Floyd mixed with a heavy dose of stoney fuzz to keep ‘em
honest. It is without a doubt one of the best albums of the year and has
changed the way I look at/listen to/think about instrumental rock music... a
game changer indeed.
Album Design: Quite possibly the best
album design of the year, the artwork by Maarten Donders is absolutely
incredible! The world he creates on this album jacket is somehow exactly how I
envision this music. An alien world, beautiful yet haunting, industrial yet
natural, yet you feel like you can just sit right in the middle of it and have
a cup of coffee. Speaking of natural, you can see the goddamn pencil marks where
he erased mistakes! The imperfections of the piece only add to the wonderment
of the art itself. A double LP in gold vinyl, I will treasure this album for a
very long time.
Mothership: Mothership
Album Design: Released on Ripple Music, I
have the second pressing which comes with dark purple semi-transparent vinyl.
Artwork and layout by Shelby Hohl, the cover is very reminiscent of them great
old 70’s rock albums that your cool uncle used to come over and roll joints on.
Also included, a band poster insert... 1978 indeed!
Orchid: Mouths Of
Madness
So forget about the
comparisons and controversies surrounding Orchid. Are they derivative? Yes. Do they
sound dangerously close to the “band-that-cannot-be-named”? Yes.
So what?
Here’s the thing about
Mouths Of Madness...
The songs are great.
The songwriting is great. The performances are great. The sound of the album is
great. It sounds like it was recorded in 1973! This is the kind of shit that
made me fall in love with hard rock/heavy metal! Orchid somehow makes me feel
like I did the first time I heard “Master Of Reality”.
Based on it’s own
merits, this album kicks ass on virtually every level, for my money, that’s all
you need to know.
Dig!
Album Design: One of the initial
pressings, the double LP is dark purple with a black haze in the middle. Side 4
is blank and sports an etching of the classic Orchid skull logo... very cool!
The gatefold contains artwork by singer Theo Mindell. The cover is reminiscent
of the old Sabbath albums in that it feels like it was made by a graphic
designer as opposed to an artist, very simple. The sleeves also include all the
lyrics, so this is the kind of album you can dig in and experience it visually
and audibly at the same time.
Shooting Guns:
Brotherhood Of The Ram
Side A takes you on a
ride of fuzzy riffs, heavy grooves and fast paced rock; while Side B, almost
schizophrenically, flips into two of the coolest, mellow, stoney jams this dude
has ever had the pleasure of zoning out to. Throw in the chaotic finish that is
No Fans, and voila! a masterpiece is born!
Easyrider Records
seems to pluck these obscure acts out of the ether, in my mind Shooting Guns
may be the best one yet! Although, I did just start diggin’ on Salem’s Pot....
PS: If John Carpenter
and Kurt Russell ever get together to make another movie, Brotherhood Of The
Ram should be the soundtrack. Actually, they should make a movie based on this
album... now THAT would be cool!
Album Design: Released (distributed?) on
Easyrider Records, the “Standard Edition” came with a clear vinyl LP. A dark
photo of a lone truck outrunning a storm dons the front and back covers and the
insert brings more truck related graphics. One must listen to understand how
perfectly this fits with the accompanying musical journey. A very cinematic
release on all fronts!
Spelljammer: Vol. II
Album Design: Released
on STB Records, “This is a limited edition to the already limited pressing of
Spelljammer's Vol II. The Die Hard Edition will boast the standard edition
vinyl record and gritty reverse board jacket as well as an extra special hand
screened, hand numbered silver mirror card cover all packed inside another hand
screened tinted mylar bag for the ultimate "end of time space"
package!!” My first Die Hard Edition from STB, I absolutely love what they’re
doing with their releases. This album set a precedent that continues today as
STB has a way of raising the bar with every new release.
Yes my band Geezer will be releasing an
album on STB in 2014... Yes I’m biased... No I don’t care if you think that’s
unfair... It’s my Beard Of Doom, I can do what I want!
Uncle Acid & the
Deadbeats: Mind Control
Album Design: As
amazing as this this album is, the design is also fantastic and gives Monomyth
a run for their money as the very best. Released on Rise Above Records, the
double LP came with many vinyl color options. I opted for the opaque silver 180
gram vinyl that feels thicker than most. Inside the gatefold, the lyrics are
meticulously handwritten to visually capture the essence of each song. Every
photo, every drawing, every ounce of this album contains a clue into the
overall concept. I don’t go for concept albums much, but this one can be made
into a film that would be much friggin better than that Sgt. Peppers movie with
The BeeGees! Unless of course, they try and do Uncle Acid, starring One
Direction! Ok, that’s it... time for me to go, I’ve done enough damage here.
PS: I think getting killed by Uncle Acid
could be pretty cool, I guess that’s the point.
Best Vinyl Ep’s
Black Pussy / biblical
proof of UFO’s: Galaxies Split
I just can’t say
enough about the epic transcendence that is the song Galaxies. Actually, I
don’t think I know the words to describe how it has affected me. This is the
kind of musical experience that I’m looking for, this is why I dig this “genre”
of music, this is why I do what I do!
To break the song down
into it’s parts does a disservice to the song, the band and the listener. Take
the riff by itself, very basic. The melody, not much there. The lyrics, nothing
mindblowing... but put them all together... put them together man and you have
one of the most brilliant pieces of music to come out this year! I had the
pleasure of discussing writing and recording techniques with the brain behind
Black Pussy, Dustin Hill. He told me that when the band writes, they write at
full volume; the tones of the instruments, the sound of the amplifiers, the
dynamics of the drums... these are the things that dictate the direction of the
songs. Nowhere is this more apparent than with Galaxies because it could never
happen any other way. Additionally, it’s got my vote for best song of the year.
Orbitals (I, II, III)
by biblical proof of UFO’s holds up pretty damn well in it’s own right. An
almost spaghetti western riff starts us off, which also reminds me of Echoes,
by Pink Floyd. A slow build until we change into the double time crush of chaos
and we’re off! The fun keeps up for 18+ minutes and these guys definitely hold
up their end of the deal. I will seek out more from these guys.
Album Design: A
pressing of 500 released on Made In China Records and only available in shiny
black 180 gram vinyl (and still available!). No fancy stuff here. Basic. Old
School. Cool.
It’s full of stars.
DoctoR DooM: DoomO
Doctor Doom is
different.
Once I heard the
upstroke-blues-John-Lee-Hooker-riff in The Sun I knew I was gonna like these
French doom mavens. Even though they are beholden to some of these dark motifs,
they aren’t afraid to have fun. This is what sets their music apart from the
rest. Not to mention some seriously excellent guitar work. Only three songs
deep, this EP definitely leaves me wanting more and I look forward to see what
these dudes do next!
Album Design: One cannot discuss this
album without talking about the vinyl release from STB Records. Limited to 100
copies, 40 of which were Die Hard Editions, from a design perspective, there
was not a better album released this year. No labels, no cover, all clear
vinyl, the sleeve is hand stamped with the STB Records logo and hand numbered.
According to the website, “Clear Vinyl, ‘A’ side only, no labels. Glow in the
dark ink, hand screened ‘B’ side. Inserted into a high quality glow in the dark
ink, hand screened, hand numbered, picture disk clear sleeve.... Custom
"Coven Tribute" art work by the great Barla Horn”. The Standard
Edition was the same, sans the glow in the dark ink, which was replaced with
basic black. I couldn’t believe my eyes when it showed up at my door. I may not
be the most avid vinyl collector and I certainly won’t pretend to know
everything about the scope of the product out there, but to me, it is the
coolest fuckin record I’ve ever seen.
Salem’s Pot: Sweeden
Those days are long
gone for me now, but it’s nice to know that when I get the itch and the family
is all tucked away in their midnight slumber, I can still break out the Salem’s
Pot and get fuckin twisted... nihilistically evil!
Album Design: Released
on Easyrider Records, Sweeden is one song, 2 parts over 35 minutes on deep
orange or purple vinyl (I got the orange), the Standard Edition is still
available but the Die Hard Edition is long gone. The Die Hard Edition came
complete with 3D glasses and was a bona fide 3D release! How fucking cool is
that?!?
I boast a lot about STB Records, but
Easyrider is right there as well, raising the bar and redefining what is
possible when it comes to releasing independent records. As far as creativity
and artistic value, STB and Easyrider are the cutting edge!
Steak: Corned Beef
Colossus
Anyway, all kidding
aside, this EP bleeds riffs, sweats fuzz and is an all around good time. This
is a concept album, a follow up to their first EP Disastronaught, where Steak
are fighting intergalactic battles to save us from the evil slave baron,
Lazarus. The drummer even dies (gets replaced)! It’s right there in the
gatefold comic. This band could deliver its music in a brown paper bag, it
would still fuckin rule!
Somewhere along the
way, the sounds of the desert brought the sand to far away places like Sweden,
where the fuzz seems to rise out of the ground like a dewy moss in springtime.
This time, from the sweaty backroom of the Crobar, Steak are building their own
desert rock oasis right in the heart of London.
Album Design: Both EP’s were released
this year on vinyl through their new label, Napalm Records. Corned Beef
Colossus comes in a transparent red and is limited to 100 copies. The gatefold
opens to reveal the latest installment of the comic epic that is the story of
Steak. They even introduce the new drummer in the last frame. The artwork on
both EP’s, done by Eduardo Ferigato, is absolutely stunning and make this album
set one of the must haves of the year!
Wo Fat / Egypt:
Cyclopean Riffs
Anyone who listens to
The Beard knows how much I dig on Wo Fat and I professed my admiration for
Egypt just a few paragraphs ago. When I heard that these two were getting
together for a split, I thanked the Cyclopean Gods for bringing such good
graces upon my clan. This album is almost like a victory lap for both bands.
With Wo Fat coming off their amazing album The Black Code (2012) and Egypt
still drowning in ink from all the great reviews for their release Become The
Sun, both bands seem to be brimming with a confidence that allows them to go
for broke with these tunes. The results speak for themselves; it brings a
fucking hailstorm upon your house!
What else can I say,
shut your windows, lock your doors and put the car in the garage, it’s time to
wrestle with the Cyclops... and that motherfucker is pissed off! The vinyl is
long gone, but you can find the tunes on both bands Bandcamp pages.
Album Design: Released on double grey
transparent/opaque vinyl through Totem Cat Records, Cyclopean Riffs is as
stunning to the eyes as it is to the ears. Boasting incredibly insidious
artwork by Flog Diver, it’s got the kind of cover you can get lost in for the
full 40 minutes. Where some splits naturally tend to be schizophrenic in either
sound or design, this is one of the most cohesive presentations I’ve seen.
Honorable Mention (Non-Vinyl Releases)
Fuckin
stoned-out-heavy-desert-psych-blues man, dig it!
All Them Witches
beckon us to a gathering... a moment suspended in time... a shared experience.
A Funeral... a Wedding... life... death... God Bless our Mother the Mountain!
Some of the sickest straight blues intertwined with molten desert fuzz and
drenched in window pane acid that stares into the very depths of our souls.
I know next to nothing
about All Them Witches, but I do know I need to see them live. I want to hear
this music firsthand, to experience the vibes, to feel the heavy bass-laden air
rumble against my chest and feel the razor sharp slide guitar pierce my
eardrums. This album ain’t about putting a few songs together, it’s about
creating an experience through music and these guys do it... they do it their
way and they do it better than anyone else right now.
The musicianship on
this album is astounding, the depth of the songwriting awe inspiring. It’s
proper drug music... it’s American music... it’s fuckin heavy as hell and as
sweet as sugar.
I can’t seem to form a complete thought
when trying to describe this album... it’s all random non sequitur. The album
itself at first seemed as such, incomplete musical ideas strung together on a
whim. However, once it grabbed hold the intentions became clear. This was a
storytelling, a beginning to an end... it’s linear, not cyclical.. and it
doesn’t always move in chronological order. But when you get to the end, the
understanding is there. Much like that window pane acid, you’ve now opened a
new door of perception and there’s Lightning At The Door.
Review originally
appeared in the October 1st Super Doom Charts at the Paranoid Hitsophrenic
First it was the album
cover that creeped me out, then the tone of the guitars freaked me out. By the
time the first verse was over I was already sold.
After living with the
menacing stoner/doom that is Curse The Son’s Psychache for a few months now, I
still go back to it often. It still kinda creeps me out when I listen to it
while walking my dog late at night. I’ve even looked over my shoulder a few
times to make sure that little bastard from the cover isn’t sneaking up on me
to bludgeon my skull.
Some albums grab
people’s attention based on aesthetic alone. Psychache definitely turned heads
through the high production value and overall package... rightfully so!
However, the only
reason we’re still talking about it all this time later is because the songs
fuckin rule! They stand out on their own, they hold up over time and those
riffs are still ringing endlessly in our brains.
Recently it was announced that Psychache
is going to be released on vinyl though STB Records... considering the power of
this album and the stellar reputation STB is gaining for the quality of their
vinyl packages and Die Hard Editions; I, for one, can’t wait to see and hear
this album reach it’s full potential. The best is yet to come for Curse The
Son, enjoy the ride folks!
Review originally appeared in the Best Albums of 2013: Super Doom
Charts at the Paranoid Hitsophrenic
When it comes to Gozu,
expect the unexpected...
I got The Fury Of A
Patient Man the day Small Stone Records released it on Bandcamp. A huge fan of
their SS debut, Locust Season, I was expecting more of them heavy, booty
shaking grooves and sweet soulful serenades by the incomparable Marc Gaffney.
Then I heard Bald
Bull...
Heavy as fuck, more in
line with High On Fire than QOTSA, Gozu proved right away that they are more
than a one trick pony. We quickly get back to those great grooves with Signed,
Epstein’s Mom, but the speed comes back with a vengeance with Charles Bronson
Pinchot. On and on it goes...
This album has it all,
this band has it all. I’ve seen them live, they are heavier than you could ever
imagine. Now with the addition of a third guitar, I can’t wait to see what they
have in store for us. This album came out in April; I still go back to it on
the regular and eagerly await the release on vinyl, which will include 3 bonus
tracks!
Whether it’s the irreverent song titles,
the incredibly diverse musical elements that formulate their sound, the
surprisingly insightful lyrics of Marc Gaffney or the fretboard mastery of Doug
Sherman, when it comes to Gozu, expect the unexpected. In fact, only one thing
is certain, Gozu kicks ass... every time!
When I stumbled upon
the Small Stone Records Bandcamp page, one of the first bands to jump out at me
was Sasquatch. The first album I checked out was II, bought it right away...
then III...
To say that I was
looking forward to IV would be an understatement, Sasquatch is one of the
underground “stoner” bands that baffles my mind... how the hell are these guys
not on every rock radio station in the country!?!? The songs are infectious,
the tones are pure grit and Keith Gibbs voice is as good as anybody out there!
Think of your favorite rock n roll singer... Gibbs is just as good... maybe
better. The songs on this album are heavy, but still sexy enough for the broads
to enjoy. However, there’s an attitude running through this album that maybe we
haven’t seen so consistently before. This album seems to get better as it goes,
every song bringing that Sasquatch sound to another level of brilliance. From
start to finish, one of the finest releases of the year. Not a bad tune in the
bunch. As the emotional climax and finale that is Drawing Flies comes and goes,
we can’t believe it’s over... what the fuck happened?!? Put that back! Play
that again, man... shit!
And oh yah, Money is not only one of the
best songs of the year, it’s got one of the best riffs/grooves ever... period.
(the) Melvins: Tres
Cabrones
With some of the best
songs the Melvins have released in years, this album almost harkens back to a
bygone era. A stripped down sound, and perhaps a more straight forward approach
due to the fact that original drummer Mike Dillard is behind the drums, it’s
almost reminiscent of the early 2000’s line-up that brought us albums like
Maggot and Hostile Ambient Takeover. The other big difference is Buzz is back
to being the only singer, more or less, and although I LOVE the Big Business
line-up complete with 4 man vocal parts, it’s refreshing to hear Buzz’s lone
voice again, his lyrics and inflections as vicious ever.
I was also pessimistic
when I saw the tracklist include songs like Tie My Pecker To A Tree and 99
Bottles Of Beer, but despite the silliness this album still flows incredibly
well. These tunes are often short and well crafted so the comic relief actually
becomes a welcome change of pace as opposed to a tedious exercise in tolerance.
There are many excellent songs on this album and it boasts one of the finest 3
song intros of the year, but the shining, brilliant nugget of light has got to
be Dogs And Cattle Prods. Clocking in at just under 9 minutes and broken up in
3 sections, each section is pretty much a different version of the same song.
From the initial bass-line groove to the half time breakdown riff to the
emotional acoustic interlude (acoustic?!?), this song takes us to many places,
each one cooler than the last. The vocals are quintessential Buzz, where the
rhythm and cadence of the words outweigh the words themselves.... one of the
best songs of the year people! Fuck it man, I could go on and on, just go
listen to the thing... it’s amazing!
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