Release
date: September 2016. Label: Blown Music / Lay Bare Recordings. Format: Vinyl
Seedy
Jeezus with Isaiah Mitchell – Tranquonauts – Tracklisting
Side
A – The Vanishing Earth
Side
B – King of the Lepers
Band
Members:
Isaiah
Mitchell – Guitar, Vibraphone, Toy Piano
Lex
Waterreus – Guitar, samples
Mark
Sibson – Drums
Paul
Crick – Bass
Matt
Murphy – Keyboards
Review:
Two
worlds collide with Tranquonauts. The unexpected collaboration
between Aussie Psych Stoners – Seedy Jeezus and Isaiah Mitchell from Psych Rock Legends – Earthless. Tranquonauts has spaced out
psychedelic sound that you associate with both artists but still
offering something daring original and exciting on its own terms. The
album has two epic twenty minute tracks that allows Tranquonauts
create heavy spaced out psychedelic riffs that incorporate jam based
grooves with elements of Psych, Stoner, Fuzz and Doom.
It’s
purely instrumental as vocals would have easily spoilt the addictive
mood held on the album.
Opening
track – The Vanishing Earth – is a song that will be enjoyed by
any serious music fan. The song is mainly a jam based affair held
together by a series of musical chapters that allows the band members
to create their own identity on the album. It has a jazzy progressive
nature with the Psych Rock influences being the main attraction here.
If you’re a fan of both Seedy Jeezus and Earthless then you know
what to expect. It’s quite a bold song at times as Tranquonauts
incorporate quite a few different musical instruments such as
Keyboards and Organs that gives the album a sixties/seventies psych
rock organic sound.
Second
track – King Of The Lepers – follows the same path as The
Vanishing Earth but with a more crazier and experimental sound. This
is perhaps the standout track on the album as it has a broader
musical scope with the music being more structured than the opening
track. The mood of the entire album becomes extremely loud at times
as Tranquonauts only have this song to impress you with. Doomish
guitars merged with the Space Rock sounds bring back memories of
early-ear Earthless at times. This song has quite a seedy atmosphere
especially with the opening soundclip that will leave you in a bleak
mood. It’s a slow-paced affair but give the band time as they will
soon be back to expanding your mind with their cosmic rhythms and
riffs.
I’ve
heard rumours that Tranquonauts is meant to be a one-off
collaboration. I hope this isn’t the case as these guys may have
created one of the finest collaborations within the Stoner/Psych Rock
world over the last few years or so. Both artists could be onto
something special here. Let’s hope that Tranquonauts decide to
continue as I would love to hear more from them in the years to come.
If that’s not meant to be then they’ve left behind an incredible
record.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks
to Lay Bare Recordings for the promo. Tranquonauts (Seedy Jeezus with
Isaiah Mitchell) is available on Vinyl now from Lay Bare Recordings
and Seedy Jeezus.
Seedy
Jeezus Links:
Isaiah
Mitchell Links:
Earthless
Links:
