Post by Kevin on Mar 5, 2003 13:18:50 GMT -5
Band: SubArachnoid Space
Album: Endless Renovation
Format: CD
Label: Release
Time: 68 Minutes
Year: 1998
Track List:
Will You Make My House a Carnival?
Square Wheels
Good Grief?
Stereo Saturation
Safety in Numbers
Twilight Sleep
Band Site and Cover Photo: www.subarachnoid.com/index.php?page=disc_endless
There are many roads to the empire of stoner/doom, and the space rock highway, lined as it is with magic mushrooms and all manner of alien creatures, is one of the most prominent. Many genre bands have paid tribute to their space roots over the years, including Monster Magnet’s version of Hawkwind’s ‘Brainstorm,’ and Electric Wizard’s ‘Doremi-‘ style jamming found in the quieter moments of several of their lps. Its all drug music, whether its influenced by Sabbath, Kyuss, or Hawkwind, right? So just put this little tab under your tongue; I promise you a good time.
San Francisco’s SubArachnoid Space has been around since 1996 or so. They had the unmitigated balls to release three-count’em three-live albums as their initial offerings. 1998’s ‘Endless Renovation’ was actually their first studio effort, and it shows a space rock band maturing and coming into its own, using the studio to add a variety of instrumentation and subtlety which then oozes into your brain with layers of cinematic imagery. This is an instrumental album in the tradition of Djam Karet and English festival acts like Ozric Tentacles, leavened with a strong dose of Hawkwind and Pink Floyd, especially in their early days.
Initially calling their style “free-form psychedelic noise drone,” the Arachnoids started adding just a bit of structure to their sound on ‘Endless Renovation’ while continuing to speak straight to your frontal lobes. That tab you took awhile ago will help with the translation, believe me. The moods on this platter bounce around between evil carnival vibes, pure cerebral space, meandering dreams and meditation, and back again. The overall sound mixes trad space rock with jazz, avant, and indy flavas, utilizing the usual instruments and adding in cello, synth, dulcimer and even waterphone to produce a unique sound that nevertheless rests comfortably in the zero-g environs of deep space. Hey, Kris Force from Amber Asylum even guests on a track! How can you say no to that?
Fans of the above-referenced groups will dig The ‘Space, and if Baby Woodrose and Mandragora Lightshow Society twist your prop then you better give it up for these guys as well. Oh, and another thing: I had the good fortune to witness these folks live at Terrastock 2000 in Seattle. Lets just say that their live show relates to their CDs kind of like LSD relates to pot. You get the idea.
Kevin McHugh
Album: Endless Renovation
Format: CD
Label: Release
Time: 68 Minutes
Year: 1998
Track List:
Will You Make My House a Carnival?
Square Wheels
Good Grief?
Stereo Saturation
Safety in Numbers
Twilight Sleep
Band Site and Cover Photo: www.subarachnoid.com/index.php?page=disc_endless
There are many roads to the empire of stoner/doom, and the space rock highway, lined as it is with magic mushrooms and all manner of alien creatures, is one of the most prominent. Many genre bands have paid tribute to their space roots over the years, including Monster Magnet’s version of Hawkwind’s ‘Brainstorm,’ and Electric Wizard’s ‘Doremi-‘ style jamming found in the quieter moments of several of their lps. Its all drug music, whether its influenced by Sabbath, Kyuss, or Hawkwind, right? So just put this little tab under your tongue; I promise you a good time.
San Francisco’s SubArachnoid Space has been around since 1996 or so. They had the unmitigated balls to release three-count’em three-live albums as their initial offerings. 1998’s ‘Endless Renovation’ was actually their first studio effort, and it shows a space rock band maturing and coming into its own, using the studio to add a variety of instrumentation and subtlety which then oozes into your brain with layers of cinematic imagery. This is an instrumental album in the tradition of Djam Karet and English festival acts like Ozric Tentacles, leavened with a strong dose of Hawkwind and Pink Floyd, especially in their early days.
Initially calling their style “free-form psychedelic noise drone,” the Arachnoids started adding just a bit of structure to their sound on ‘Endless Renovation’ while continuing to speak straight to your frontal lobes. That tab you took awhile ago will help with the translation, believe me. The moods on this platter bounce around between evil carnival vibes, pure cerebral space, meandering dreams and meditation, and back again. The overall sound mixes trad space rock with jazz, avant, and indy flavas, utilizing the usual instruments and adding in cello, synth, dulcimer and even waterphone to produce a unique sound that nevertheless rests comfortably in the zero-g environs of deep space. Hey, Kris Force from Amber Asylum even guests on a track! How can you say no to that?
Fans of the above-referenced groups will dig The ‘Space, and if Baby Woodrose and Mandragora Lightshow Society twist your prop then you better give it up for these guys as well. Oh, and another thing: I had the good fortune to witness these folks live at Terrastock 2000 in Seattle. Lets just say that their live show relates to their CDs kind of like LSD relates to pot. You get the idea.
Kevin McHugh