Bantha Rider - Bantha Rider (2017)
Hailing from Warsaw, Poland,
instrumental stoner/sludge outfit Bantha Rider bring the low end in
high effect. With four songs inspired by Star Wars and weed, Bantha
Rider pull you back to the days when Kyuss ruled the desert.
“Sandcrawler” opens up with a Monster Magnet-inspired riff, with
drums heavy on ride, that carries you up into a smooth breakdown
heavy on crunch. “Uta tuta Solo (Greedo’s Funeral)” speeds
things up a bit while keeping that heavy desert influence rolling
along with tasty riffage, until the whole thing drops into a pit of
sludge.
Magnum opus “Jawa Juice” winds up
slowly, reminiscent of some of the earlier Nile tracks, getting
heavier and heavier, and even incorporating some talk box for that
old '90s sound as you're taken on an expansive nine-minute ride into
Bantha Rider’s world. And the last track, “Sarlacc’s Pit”,
begins as a ripper before getting ultra crunchy as a victory lap for
a very solid EP of throwback sludge. Good stuff!
~ Dan
For Fans Of; Kyuss, Sleep, Heavy
Blanket, Weedeater, early Monster Magnet
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