Far-out Freshness
Would it be tautologous to say Medusa’s Disco is like Kula
Shaker on speed and acid? I suspect not as there is much more than the manic
energy in this band’s psychedelic revisitings, and it is probably in the partial
echo of Crispian Mills on the fine opening track State of Mind that KS is invoked.
By second Twisted
Dentist (Novocaine) that whimsy of a comparing surmise is blown away by the
wild wah-wah and other vitalities in this noisy song, the vocals here much more
aggressive in tone and actual screaming. And wow, what wildness, as the band
themselves put it in their description playgound
of sound.
Divine slows it
down somewhat and reflects a little bit of Muse, but still in the right rock
ballpark, not operatic but fine vocal harmonising, sitar competing in the
increasing sound as it closes. Give Up
is the fifth track and this is as clever as it is adventurous, playing again
with some sweet and tight vocal harmonising counterpointed by dissonant guitar
and some fine grunge other, before moving into a Sabbath-esque riff: I do like
this eclecticism and honouring minor-plagiarism from its birthsounds. Cream
too? I think so. This is a great track.
Well, it continues. Atomic
7 has wonderful instrumental playing, tight and heavy and psychedelic, and
the vocal harmonies just get better and better, here the drums rolling off
these with gusto. I’m not sure they can be better, being perfect before, but I
am enthusing. Ode to Seeds straps on
its garage and rides without a saddle. Whatshisface
from Whatevertown is Wouldyouwantsomethingdifferentbecauseyouarenotgoingtogetit.
Damn right.
Beautiful Creatures
closes the album out at ten minutes of incendiary Sabbath-esque Worship of Wah
Wah wonderment. And other clever instrumental tweaks, a song sung too within
this framing Heavy rock. There are increasing nuances of psychedelia, and I
think these guys are clearly having so much fun within their considerable
expertise. Perhaps the freshest retrorock I have heard for a very long time.
Not tautology then, but paradox.
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