Another S From The Seventies
You can see I’m trawling through the S bands.....
Ostensibly a Japanese band, the three original members
represent a mix of nationalities [though this self-titled offering was released
after the group disbanded in 1971 and is largely the work/compilation of drummer and singer
Joey Smith from recordings for their first album Eve, plus other musicians, again from research here] and play a music rooted firmly in the garage/heavy
rock with some prog area. It’s a double album, and the first is largely the
garage rock, third track Bad Woman a
simple pounding riff with a Johnny Winter vocal growl, and the next two, Red Doll and Flat Fret Swing, are similarly headbang riffs with wafts of fuzz
and pounding bass. The next album is a little more experimental, apart from
second track Search for Love which is
again all garagerock pound. Third Chuppy
is an oddly named harpsichord interlude, fourth Wanna Take You Home is a wonderful move to psychedelia with its spoken-word
vocal over more grinding bass and drums and a guitar solo weaved throughout,
fifth a Sun, b Planets, c Life is 13
minutes of sound distortion, and sixth Song
for an Angel continues that distortion but as a more melodic moog riff
overlaid with a synth instrumental.
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