Green Milk From The Planet
Orange
"City Calls Revolution" CD
Beta-lactam Ring Records
Genres: psychedelic, jam music,
Japanese psych-rock
Beta-lactam Ring
PO Box 6715
Portland OR
97228-6715
Nov 21 - 27 2005 |
Armed with elements of jazz, psychedelia, and
flat-out weirdness, this Japanese trio create spaced-out, experimental
acid-rock trips in line with the likes of Acid Mothers Temple
and Kinski. If you're in the mood, these folks can grapple with
the best of them; not only do they have the style down, but they're
music is technically and melodically very strong - whether you're high
or not, it's difficult not to appreciate the Green Milk From The
Planet Orange formula. Take the
expansive "Concrete City Breakdown." Five seconds shy of twenty
minutes, this epic starts off with a starry, sparse intro before
dropping into full-fledged jam rock, complete with throbbing rhythms
and mind-boggling guitar solos. There are vocals, but the focus is
mainly on the instruments, which take up the majority of the sonic
space. A bit of an exception is "Demagog," which is more in the vein
of traditional rock; its unabashed destructiveness is reminiscent of
Guitar Wolf, but with a more psychedelic edge. The disc closes
out with the nearly forty minute finale, "A Day in the Planet Orange."
Filled to the brim with alternating guitar climaxes and spaced-out
atmospherics, it is the disc's prime focus - and whether you're stoned
out of your gourd or not, it's hard not to appreciate the extreme
musicianship and artistic value behind it.
87%
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 4 tracks, distributed by
the label, released 2005] |
