Lord Vapour are a
relatively new band on the scene displaying nothing but brilliance on their
upcoming 2LP "Mill Street
Blues" due out later this year on NoSlip Records. After getting a
sneak peak of the album I can tell you with confidence that we have something
special on our hands. If you're into heavy fuzzed out riffs, vibrating bass,
and vocals dripping of the desert variety then you're in for a treat. The riffs
are furry as fuck grooving with proto pace and immersed with the high and
mighty blues.
The first
two tracks were on their self-released demo on
Bandcamp and were enough to get the blood pumping in their own
right. The third track Island Man takes it to the next
level combining super fuzzed out riffs with a killer bluesy jam session
reminiscent of a Brant Bjork meets Sabbath fronted by an angered Scott Hill.
The jam opens the riff throttle wide open with uber fuzz and blues based
solo-age for the remainder of the first of 4 - 9+ minute desert rock epics. The
rest of the album continues on with similar proportions of epic
fuzzaliciousness. Rumbling bass distorted by duststorms of stoned to the bone
riffs.
Lyrics such
as, “Rolling down the highway it’s 100
degrees, Sugar Tits on her knees. She likes it fast, she likes it hot. Move a
little closer and I’ll show you what I got,” from the track Sugar
Tits are what you can expect from Lord Vapour from a thematic
standpoint. The song titles suggest sleaze and the durations propose classic
doom. What we have is somewhere in the middle, nothing earth shattering, nor
philosophical, just balls to the wall, party rock anthems sung in the key of
Lemmy and the tone of Truckfighters. How can that not sound appealing? The more
this mammoth of an album plays, the better it gets. The fact that the vinyl
edition is being mastered by the man, the myth, Tony
Reed and cover artwork in the queue by
David Paul Seymour, should leave
you no questions that Mill Street Blues is a contender in
any best albums list in the realm of fuzzy stoner metal.
The songs
play long and the heavy riffs circulate like a bi-plane gliding in a controlled
flat spin dodging bolts of lightning on its way to the nearest festival. The
riffs are not repetitive and the grooves maintain a provocative allure
throughout its mind bending saga of heavy blues meets stoner fury. The good Lord
Vapour institute a double layer of fuzz to keep your ears cozy and
profess an endless array of brilliant solos fit for an open highway ride across
the southwestern mesa. Clocking in at one song over an hour (~67 minutes) a 2LP
is imminent and exciting. I look forward to seeing what the final package is
going to look like and can guarantee I’ll be getting my grubby hands on that
vinyl later this year. I know the sound is going to be insane!! In the meantime
take a listen to the first couple tracks and patiently wait for the full
release. No joke, this is the real deal and NoSlip Records have scored big time
by signing Lord Vapour! Congrats to all involved.
-The
Huntsman
Comments