Strange Broue - Seance EP (2017)
Having had a great time with Strange
Broue's debut album, I was excited to see that they had another
release coming out early this year. And while it was described as an
EP, the forty minutes of material to be found in Seance deliver more
than the average helping for that format, with plenty of acid-stringed
guitar, thick waves of bass, and slow-paced percussion to fill your
bedroom as your speakers start to smoke. In keeping with the
precedent set by the self-titled LP, Strange Broue pluck some
excellent samples to spice up the tracks, this time with a focus on
the insidious threat of Satanism to society and all it holds dear.
There's a sense that things are less
jocular this time around, as they've swapped track titles such as
“Electric Blizzard” and “Kult-Aid” out for the likes of “Kill
What's Inside Of You” and “Satan's Slaves”, but the good ear
for riffs and grooves is still there, just tuned to a darker
frequency. Along with those cosmetic alterations, it appears that
the band has grown from a one-man outfit to a quartet, if the
pictures of bearded weirdos out in the wood are to be taken at face
value. While that does change up the chemistry somewhat, it's nice
to see Strange Broue getting some traction under their feet on the
road to becoming an enduring institution, and with the inclusion of
some atmospheric interludes like “Seance IV – L'invocation”, as well as the amazing sample collage of "Cults and Crimes",
there's reassurance that they won't rest easy on their blood-stained laurels.
Orders for the lengthy EP (in cassette format) from Sunmask Records
open up on the 24th of this month, so don't let this one
slip past you if you dig on occult psychedelic stoner doom!
~ Gabriel
For Fans Of; Brume, Dopelord, early
Electric Wizard, Merlin, Toke
~
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