Release
date: September 25th 2015. Label: Heavy Psych Sounds.
Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
How
I Reached Home – Tracklisting
1.
Winter(feat. Steve Moss of The Midnight Ghost Train)
2.
I Forget Everything
3.
Don't Panic
4.
War Of The Worlds
5.
Arrow
6.
Resume
7.
My Home On Trees
Band
Members:
Laura
Mancini - vocals
Marco
Bertucci - guitars
Giovanni
Mastrapasqua - bass guitar
Marcello
Modica - drums
Review:
My
Home On Trees from Milano, Italy, are another brand new acquaintance
to me even though they've been around for a few years already. 'How I
Reached Home' is their second full-length but the first on Heavy
Psych Sounds, and man this is so damned good! Might have said this
before but I do love to be introduced bands like My Home On Trees.
You know, outfits who have been kicking around a bit, and simply blow
me away when I finally get to hear them. It truly instil renewed
faith in the world of music for me.
Starting
off this brand new wax with 'Winter' and hell, this how you do it. Go
all out and sucker-punch the listeners, giving them no respite
whatsoever. Full tilt from the start, they pummel me over and over as
the ballsy Laura Mancini bellows and croons, piling even more hurt on
me. Eventually they slow down considerably only to be joined by Steve
Moss from The Midnight Ghost Train on vocals. And his presence adds
layers upon layers of darkness on the tune…beautiful! At first, ‘I
Forget Everything’ has an 80’s indie-feel to it that seamlessly
shifts to a sludgy beast. Picking up pace gradually the songs turns
into a slow fuzzed-out desert tune while Signorina Mancini again show
what a fantastic singer she is. ‘Don’t Panic’ is a mid-paced
fully blown stoner composition in the Kyuss mould. It snakes and
weaves back and forth before hitting the speed of a snail only to
kick-start and taking the shape of punk tune overdosing on reverb.
Since I really, really like ‘How I Reached Home’ and don’t want
to rain on My Home On Trees’ parade, the inclusion of an excerpt
from the original radio broadcast of ‘War Of The Worlds’ is
pointless. To me it doesn’t serve any purpose with the other songs
and the band should have included another tune instead. Enough
moaning on my part though.
Picking
up where ‘Don’t Panic’ left off, ‘Arrow’ ups the ante
somewhat. Retaining stoner as its base, there’s a lot more punk
discernible. Both in the music and in the singing. Up front and in my
face, I just love it. Husky and seductive and backed by an eerie
harmonica and a tripped out bass guitar, Laura leads My Home On Trees
into the realm of led-heavy badassery, as ‘Resume’ adopts an ebb
and flow persona which works so beautifully with the song’s
spaced-out approach. Don’t get fooled though, because it’s a
scary composition, and then some. ‘My Home On Trees’ is the album
closer and step by step, it crushes me to a bloody pulp. Not
particularly fast, it instead severely punishing in its quest
completely disintegrate me. Fantastic, you hear!
Somehow
they mix punk attitude with doom, stoner and sludge and it works so
well. Can’t stress enough how damned tight and talented Signori
Bertucci, Mastrapasqua and Modica are, as they blend these styles
while creating second to none, amazing music. Add Signorina Mancini’s
earth-shattering voice on top of the music and you one of my new
favourite bands, My Home On Trees. These Italians are not to be
ignored, so check them out pronto and help spread the word.
Words
by Håkan Nyman
Thanks
to Claire at Purple Sage PR for the promo. How I Reach Home is now
available to buy now on CD/DD/Vinyl from Heavy Psych Sounds.