Clouds Taste Satanic - To Sleep Beyond The Earth (2014)
With a title that manages to name-drop
two titans of king-sized doom while also being an evocative phrase in
its own right, To Sleep Beyond The Earth
is the first offering from Clouds Taste Satanic. Setting aside the
Flaming Lips inspiration behind the band's name to focus on the
content of the album, you'll find that it follows staunchly in the
blueprinting established by the vinyl/cassette issuings of
Dopesmoker; one
colossal song, split into pieces of a digestible size. Parts I & II (a single
track) begin things, while the pairing of III & IV wraps it up,
with each of the two adding up to ~22 minutes of sound, ideal for the
non-CD releases of this mammoth.
Beginning
with the hum of imminent danger, slow-crashing waves of bass, guitar,
and a sonorous gong soon surface, building up layers of feedback as
the movement shifts into action. If you're familiar with their named
influences, you can probably guess where it goes from there. For
those who aren't, the answer is that they delve into exploring the
limits of a riff, guided by massive resonance and
carefully-controlled levels of feedback. As they do so, Clouds Taste
Satanic prove that they've got the chops to put this album right
behind the works of their idols. Since this is their first album,
that gives you some idea of how much potential this group has in
their future; it's also a potent warning that if you're even thinking
of going to see this band live, you'll need some serious ear
protection.
As
relatively easy as it would be for a band looking to pay homage to
Dopesmoker to crank up
the feedback and volume in an effort to liquify people's eardrums,
Clouds Taste Satanic deserve some serious recognition for the hard
work they put into giving To Sleep Beyond The Earth
engaging sections highlighting the melody behind the rumbling fuzz.
A lot of care went into the crafting of this music, and while it's
not as languorous as The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's
Skull, there are certainly times
when the gentle touch on the guitar's strings brings that piece of
Earth to mind. Something that can often detract from a group's first
release is the production, but all the mixing and levels found here
are perfectly suited to the material, earning the band still more
points. Get ready for this one to become a monster of legend, and
get yourself a copy as soon as you can.
~
Gabriel
For
Fans Of; Sleep, Earth, Ladybird, Trees, Bongripper
~
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