Wednesday, February 3, 2010

US Christmas - Eat The Low Dogs




This record is just so out there that it has to be experienced first hand. This brand of Space Rock combines equal divisions of Hawkwind, My Bloody Valentine, Minsk, Neurosis and Earth. I talked with some of the guys before they played and I was eager to hear what they had to offer. The barrage of guitars is backed by a forceful rhythm section, sweeping theramin, plodding bass lots of pedal worship. I picked up this CD after seeing them open up for Baroness and I have to say that I was blown away hearing this live. The 3 guitarist created a heavy oxygen-starved atmosphere, the yowling vocalist crooned from behind an elk-skull adorned mic stand while the bass kicked you in the teeth; the 2 drummers synchronized and often went on tangents of elegant accenting while the drummer from Minsk played hand drums and other assorted instruments and all while a screeching distorted violen squaked like a pterodactyl being ripped apart by alligators. Powerful as fuck. This psychedelic trip through the old west will lead you through powerful imagery of light, darkness, deserts and bleeding corpses. This must be heard to be believed.


US Christmas - Eat The Low Dogs

Tracklisting

1: In The Light Of All Time
2: The Scalphunters
3: Say Sister
4: Silent Tongue
5: The Light and Trails
6: Uktena
7: Gallows Humor
8: Black Lung
9: Pray To The Sky


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