Frozen Planet.... 1969 - The Mystery Wheel (2019)
Spawned in the recording sessions for
their 2017 album Electric Smokehouse,
Frozen Planet.... 1969's The Mystery Wheel
is a single 26-minute jam taking listeners through the riffs and
grooves filling the Australian band's heads at the time. Heavy and
psychedelic, with swanky guitar wonking it up with hard-plugging bass
and funky drumming sliding about the place, the jam keeps a wonderful
unpredictability alive for its run without slipping into aimlessness
or wankery. Maybe the most impressive part of it is the sense of how
well-tuned to each other's ideas the band members are, with one
laying down the opener of a new tangent and the others
near-immediately hooking into supporting meshes. Slips into chiller
territory handled well, with the quiet mood studies bearing a
goosebump-inducing intensity you wouldn't necessarily expect from an
improvisational session, but there you have it. Between the slick
grooves, heady psych pumps, talent show-casing, and staunch coolness,
it's a little chilling to imagine that this piece of work could have
remained tucked away in the band's vault. Thankfully, now that it's
out in the light of day, FP69 fans have an extra piece of excellence
to enjoy. And if you're new to the band, it's not a bad place to
start, as long as you recognize that you're jumping into the deep end
with them.
~
Gabriel
For
Fans Of; Deep Purple, Groggy, Iron Butterfly, Mondo Drag, Stonerror
~
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