Kalamata - You (2014)
You is
the first album from Kalamata, a German trio who specialize in
spaced-out riffs, heavy grooves, and fuzzy solos. Over the course of
the album's seven tracks (“You”, “Have”, “To”, “Die”,
“Soon”, “Mother”, and “Fucker”), the band blends
psychedelic inspiration with some very tasty heavy rock
sensibilities, showing a wide range of influences as the band carves
out its own style. Though there's a sense of doom metal to some of
the music (most notably in the way the bassist wields his chords),
there's also enough of the more positive, sun-baked desert rock vibes
to let the band shift around in the range between the two without
getting pinned to either. That free-wheeling satisfaction with
turning the music over and over until they have it just where it's
wanted serves the band very well, giving their debut enough meat on
the bones to hold up to repeated listening.
On top
of that, the band keeps the flow from track to track going smoothly,
and the linkage between the songs comes through (despite the absence
of vocals to guide listeners) in the steady exploration of the music
by Kalamata. Plenty of head-banging beats and shred-ready
guitar-work keeps the energy high for the ride, and towards the
tail-end, they start really cranking out the wild, edge-of-your-seat
rips.
It's a fantastic debut for this group, and we'll be keeping an
eye out for anything else the group puts out for public consumption.
There's word of a cassette reissue in the works, if that's how you roll, or you can go ahead and grab a CD or DD from their BandCamp. Whichever way you go, don't let You get past you.
~
Gabriel
For
Fans Of; Albinö Rhino,
Manthrass, Broughton's Rules, Norska, Acid Elephant
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