After jumping at the chance to chuck a few quid in towards their Kickstarter campaign, I have been eagerly awaiting this lovely collection of tunes as this new London mob (who features Trippy Wicked/Stubb man Peter Holland on Bass) have a hell of a lot going for them. Incorporating the use of a Sitar in their sound the band are a real breath of fresh air, using really heavy yet melodic structure to their songs and offering something slightly new at the same time.
The EP consists of lots of lovely sitar interludes throughout the record but its the triple threat vocal harmonies of song ‘Attack of the Altaica’ that really shows the band at their best. Having seem them live a few times now (including the just past SUMMER SIZZLER) this has always been the song I pick out of their set as being leaps and bounds above the rest and recorded they have done it an absolute justice.
‘Vlaakith’ and ‘the Sead’ also have some killer stomp to them and it is easy to tell that Pete has had some influence in the writing as the feel of some of these songs would definitely impress any TRIPPY WICKED fan. This is a triumphant start for this fledgling band and with the songwriting being of this quality on their very first EP, its an exciting thought to see where these guys could end up…
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