Liking the Lineage, Loads
Formally from Bordeaux and now Mérignac, French band Dätcha
Mandala rock in the universal language of Lineage a la Led Zep and exist in
that classic rock trio formation which has served so many other acolytes over
heavy-time immemorial.
Band members are Nicolas Sauvey -
(Lead Vocal/Bass/Acoustic guitar/Harmonica); Jérémy Saigne - ( Lead Guitar and
Vocals), and Jb Mallet - (Drums and Vocals) and their delivery of Heavy-Blues-Psychédélique
music is about as far-out as it gets, opening two tracks Have You Seen the Light [with space for proper head-banging] and Da
Blues belting out the excellent template. Third Misery presents the requisite rock ballad [though it picks up pace],
and vocalist Sauvey has a distinctive higher register that warbles with a
similar though slightly more rasping Justin Hawkins. Fourth Anahata pumps back into pulverising
mode.
Uncommon Travel is
a riff-led metal track, the vocal harmonies spreading jam on the toast. Smiling Man is probably the more obvious
ballad, an acoustic track graced with West Coast harmonies and lamenting
strings so I am totally in my liking-zone by now. Human Free follows with blues and sitar so we are staying thoroughly
in the other zone of Time, these mix of middle tracks reflecting a complex
re-working of influences.
The album closes on twelve minutes of Loot, here even a
little grunge flavour laying the butter beneath that jam, the spread also a
chant under the band’s excellent triplet of playing expertise, and the song
slows to more chanting before building back up through a sitar rage with
pounding bass and drums to reside in a calming acoustic guitar with cello out.
A superb performance from an excellent band highly
recommended here.
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