O.R.B. “Tailem Bend”

sfilzen — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 17:25:19 +0000

O.R.B. “Tailem Bend” 2024. Fuzz Club Records, red vinyl. Heavy psychedelic stoner rock via Australia. Tailem Bend is the band’s fourth LP, released six years after their previous release in 2018 The Space Between for which they toured supporting King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (a perfect pairing). Since I’m not familiar with that record or their earlier releases, I’m relying a bit on other reviewers; apparently this record is a bit of a departure from their historically doom rock sound, adding in some more dreamy, pop melodies. A lot of the record is late-night-drive hypnotic but there’s some light jangle and melody on songs like “Karma Comes” and “Skyclock” (both have a 60’s Sgt. Peppers era Beatles vibe) and some ass-shaking funk – “You Do” grooves hard. But there is plenty of heavy heavy doom — Sabbath level — on tracks like “Morph” and “Commandment.” My top track on Tailem Bend is the danceable garage-psych rocker “Can’t Do That.”

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Has a Shadow “Sorrow Tomorrow”

sfilzen — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:42:14 +0000

Has a Shadow “Sorrow Tomorrow” 2017. Fuzz Club Records, limited edition on red vinyl. Psychedelically dark wave, Has a Shadow is two-piece from Mexico; if they recorded this in the late 70′s or 80′s, they would have felt right at home with the post-punk goth rockers of that era (Joy Division, Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy). This is my first listen of Sorrow Tomorrow as Joe just picked this record this past weekend and so far I’m fairly intrigued. It’s the band’s second LP and has some similarity to dark stoner-rock bands like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (especially the late-night driving tune “Cul de Sac”) as the music is very dense and trance-like but the prominent 60′s psychedelic organ gives it a bit more for the ear to grab onto and not totally fall asleep, even though I can’t understand anything (more because of the growling voice than any language issues). I especially like the opener “Sorrow” and the rockers “The Flesh,” “Attack of the Junkie” and “Not Even Human.” Some tracks go a little too shoe-gazey for more taste, like “Vampire Kiss” and “Horror Will Grow” (those titles alone reinforcing any doubt as to their goth influence). The recording quality with all the fuzzed out guitar, psych synths and beats is also surprisingly good considered that Sorrow Tomorrow was at least partially recorded at vocalist/guitarist/organist Daniel Graciano’s home. There was some question about keeping this record or letting it go – my vote: it stays.

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