Release
date: November 21st
2016. Label: Self Released. Format: DD
TDIII
- Tokes, Hatred & Caffeine – Tracklisting
1.The
Carnage Cosmic 01:33
2.Blue
Crystalline Method (Minus Line O.D.) 02:16
3.Days
Gone High 03:39
4.Widow's
Weeds (From Spring To Mid-Autumn) 03:54
5.A
Slowly Moving Cloud Of Vaporized Flesh 02:25
6.Bongwater
Creek 03:45
7.Redneck
Car Chase 03:29
8.Saloon
Fight 04:08
9.Stung
Into A Blissful Coma By A Swarm Of Heroin Filled Bees 03:32
10.Never
Sober Again 02:58
11.First
A Staredown, Then A Shootout 04:07
12.Voodoo
Haze 03:36
Band
Members:
Seb
Painchaud - Guitars, Bass
Jean-Francois
Richard - Drums
Jean-Baptiste
Joubaud - Recording, Mix
Tom
Waltz - Mastering
Alexandre
Goulet - Visual Director
Review:
Tumbleweed
Dealer’s third album – TDIII - Tokes, Hatred & Caffeine, sees
the band opt for a more progressive and jazz rock feel compared to
their previous albums. The band still exposes you to their familiar
style of Doom/Psych/Stoner riffs with a Western soundtrack
sensibility. It’s not their most assessable record but it can be
classed as their most creative.
Opening
track – The Cosmic Carnage – opens with a jazzy space rock
interlude with some intelligent instrumental work leading the way. It
only lasts ninety seconds or so but the band make clever use of that
time with different layers of prog stoner based noise. It’s not as
heavy as I would have liked but it’s a very compelling piece of
instrumental rock.
Second
track – Blue Crystalline Method (Minus Line O.D.) – is a heavier
affair and one that long-time fans will enjoy the most. As Tumbleweed
Dealer weave an intriguing concept with the proggish rhythms taking a
backseat to the heavier spaced out sounds. The album starts offering
brief glimpses into the bands earlier doomier sound.
Third
track – Days Gone High – has a more direct approach with the
riffs being played at a subtle pace. The instrumental work is once
again restrained with brief moments of heavy psych rock bursting to
become part of the action. There is a beautifully played acoustic
guitar solo that sees the album starting to add a more western feel
to the album.
Fourth
track – Widow’s Weeds (From Spring To Mid-Autumn) carries on the
western sounding vibes for one of the albums finest tracks.
Tumbleweed Dealer plays a few different styles of music on this
album. The album won’t appeal to everyone as Tumbleweed Dealer
experiment with their sound throughout the album. It’s a very
different album to their other albums and it’s not quite as heavy
that you would expect. Though the more I listen to this album, the
more I begin to fully understand and appreciate it that little bit
more.
Songs
such as Redneck Car Chase, Saloon Fight and Voodoo Haze do show the
band’s sense of humour with the song titles. TDIII - Tokes, Hatred
& Caffeine is a genuinely exciting album that proves why
Tumbleweed Dealer are perhaps the one of the more creative
Instrumental Stoner Rock bands currently out there today. It may not
offer the same thrills and heavier riffs to their previous albums but
this is still a great album to fully experience.
Words
by Steve Howe
