40 minutes zoom by and ‘Water planet’ is one of the most satisfying records you’ll hear right now. The trio have released without a doubt their finest album to date, it’s a record that lives up to the anticipation that inevitably comes when a band with a magnificent track record such as The Spacelords announce new material. Trippy Eastern flavours swirl transcendentally to assist the music as it evolves to peak as a giant freak-out reminiscent of the final section to Floyds ‘One of These Days’ I’d be very surprised if ‘Meddle’ wasn’t a big influence on the band, not just on this record but generally speaking too. 'Nag 'Kanya' completes the trilogy of tracks over 20 minutes. 'Metamorphosis' follows and demonstrates echoes (Yeah I said it) of very early 70’s Floyd in terms atmosphere the track builds and bursts with cosmic flair before finally launching itself into its final blast of urgent stoned out rocking. 'Plasma Thruster' launches the record in to orbit, pulsating as it grows over spaced out basslines whilst majestic psychedelic guitar licks lead the way, the tracks has a sturdy build and thanks to the hypnotic drum patterns moves ever forward over 11 minutes that are over almost in the blink of an eye. Within the music are fantastic Stoner space jams filled with creative brain melting panache, in fact I'm not sure describing the three tracks as jams is doing them justice, there is far more focus here and control as the music unveils its many treasures at every turn, the journey may be long but there is never a dull moment. Listeners and lovers of both 'synapse' and 'Liquid Sun' will doubtlesly be hugely satisfied with the latest release the sound remains heavy and expansive and it’s hard not to wonder how the band as a trio manage to make such an immense sound. It doesn't seem so long ago that I talked about the last album by Spacedelic rock trio The Spacelords 'Liquid Sun’ unbelievably 18 months have gone by and its with pleasure I’m able to pass on some words about their latest trip 'Water Planet'. GODS OF SPACE ~ TIL HUMAN VOICES WAKE US.HYPERMORTAL ~ THE MOTIVE POWER OF FIRE.The band utilise everything from the blues through to desert rock to fill out their grooves and boast a vocalist in Grabianowski who could easily hold his own with not only the aforementioned Montrose's Sammy Hagar but also those with names like Plant, Rodgers and Dio! The rest of the band are no slouches either with Root crunching out gritty hard rock chords, Zeppelin-esque bluesy voicings and earth scorching solo's, while underneath Cappiello and Flynn keep things solid and steady with growling deep bass and pounding Bonham-esque drumming, the whole coming together to deliver one quality song after another. Space themed songs fill " Indecipher" from start to finish, however the sound Spacelord create is sonically closer to the hard rock of Montrose's " Space Station #5" than it is to the " Space Is Deep" meanderings of those cosmonauts of space-rock Hawkwind. A deliciously booming bass line surrounded by screaming feedback heralds the arrival of " Indecipher's" first track " For The Loved Ones" then the drums kick in and the vocals enter and its lift off to both a song and an album that references classic/hard rock as much as it does it's more weed blasted hard rocking stoner cousin.
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