Well it’s not 4/20 by the time this publishes, but it’s within an acceptable time frame to put that as the title for this round of bonanza fodder at camp. We know those of you that partake in the 420 festivities will be partaking regardless of the date, so cheers and happy day to all of you. The gift that keeps on giving (bandcamp) has given us more awesome albums, literally on a daily basis. Check out these fantastic albums I rummaged up recently.
Fuddge- EP
Based out of
Weinsburg, Germany we have this band named Fuddge. It was a challenge getting
me to push play initially just based on the name being somewhat silly. They
added an extra‘d’ to avoid copyright infringement of your grandma’s baked goods
at Christmas. I made the corny analogy anyway in my short review on bandcamp.
This self-titled EP absolutely blew my mind when I finally got around and gave
it a good listen. Plenty of styles to keep a rock fan happy including bluesy
riffs, stonerized vocal howls, and psychedelic grooves aplenty. This thing
shows promise like I haven’t seen in a while.
“Oozing
with heavy blues and glistening with jaw dropping psych, Fuddge soothe the
musical craving with a mind bending fuzz fest powdered with sensational
atmospherics. Eat this shit up, it's all organic and loaded with lysergic
groove. Favorite track: Lilith.
THAL - Glitter
THAL, short
for The Heathens Are Loose are comprised of just one man believe it or not. I
did not realize that upon purchase, nor until after nearly a dozen listens
later reading an interview on the blog page Metal Nexus here
talking with the mastermind Vince Green about the project. Anyhow, whether or
not you read the cool interview you should make sure and find some time to
listen to this album. It played on repeat for almost a full week upon discovery
and still gives me that love and feeling like the first time the burning riffs
and intoxicating vocals graced my speakers. Below my mini-review starts off
with a line from one of the songs, just letting you know. I just couldn’t
resist getting weird. The album is amazing in every sense of the word.
“This
is your homework Larry. The fucking Heathens Are Loose with a wildly melodic
fuzz, pile driven with savage distortion and sensational groove. Favorite
track: Whistleblowers.
Red Scalp - Rituals
Rituals
summons a combination of heavy worth telling your friends about. Red Scalp rock
hard, there is not much more to say than that. Great accessible vocals,
gargantuan riffs with beefy hooks and doomy atmosphere keep you intrigued
throughout each of its lengthy songs. Well done guys, well fucking done!!
“Rituals
is a healthy dose of Native American desert rock straight outa Poland! The vocals
cry with dreamy reverb as the colossal riffs concoct a spiritual groove. The
doom length songs are weighted with sludgy girth but balanced with a stamina
fit for a heavy stoner rock connoisseur.
Red Sun Cult – Red Sun Cult
Red Sun Cult
stole the show one day while venturing into the stoner/psych/blues territory of
camp. This one definitely has more of a jammy psych factor to it tripping out
with extended instrumental intros before absolutely exploding with searing
vocals rasping like a punk rocker lost in the desert.
“The guitar solos glow
like a starlit sky on acid, the fuzzy riffs warm like a garage lined with shag,
and the latent punk energy lingers effortlessly taking on the form of the heavy
blues dressed in tie-dye. The riffs are endless and the psych factor is
immense.”
Don’t pass
this one up; join the cult, the Red Sun Cult.
-The Huntsman
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