Wednesday, March 22, 2006
gris gris - for the season
an exceptional record that blends a retro hard psyche sound with somthing that recalls the spokier side of sonic youth both melodically in thier feedback jams. There are the kooky sound collage thingys ("The Nonstop Tape") and free-jazz freak outs ("Ecks Em Eye") but when they settle in to rock they produce immediate, churning songs that really stick with you. besides the wierd stuff the album is also broken up by a number of more middle of the road psyche pop ("Cuerpos Haran Amor Extrano","Big Engine Nazi Kid Daydream","Medication #4","Skin Mass Cat","Mademoiselle of the Morning") that occasionally turn on the rock ("Down With Jesus"). Those songs bubble and flow along (and oftern into one another) biding time until the real meat of the record: dense rockers "Year zero" and "Pick up your raygun". A really great end to end album with a lot of balance.
