Release
date: November 01st 2017. Label: Various. Format:
CD/DD/Vinyl
Afterglow
- Tracklisting
1.She's
On My Mind 02:56
2.Little
Late For Love 04:16
3.Rabbit
Hole 03:54
4.Electric
Red 02:51
5.Irresistible
03:15
6.Run
04:54
7.Afterglow
03:39
8.Used
03:47
Members
Panayiotis Georgio
Stathis
Hadjicharalambous
Andreas Kerveros
Christos Dimou
Review
Arcadian
Child's debut album – Afterglow – is a weird sounding
Psychedelic/Stoner/Hard Rock album with elements of Alternative Rock
and Poppy sounds to make them stand out from the Psychedelic/Stoner
Rock crowd. The band take influences from the legendary psychedelic
sounds of the 60s and 70s but match it with a hard-rocking 90s
alt-rock feel.
The
opening few tracks – She's On My Mind, Little Late For Love and
Rabbit Hole – offer delicious and dark twisted moments of 60s
sounding Psychedelic Pop riffs but matched with a hard-edged Stoner
Rock groove. The vocals are one of the main highlights of the album
as they have elements of David Bowie running throughout them.
Second track – Little Late For Love – is a real pop-psych-stoner rock gem that many bands try their hands at these days. Some successful and some not successful. Though Arcadian Child is one the best examples I've heard in years. As they embrace a commercial pop/rock sound but still offer a more gloomy stoner based atmosphere.
Third
track – Rabbit Hole – is another weird sounding musical oddity as
the band create a dark and twisted love song. With heartfelt and
painful lyrics that match the tender psychedelic sounds the band
create here.
Other
great songs to check out on the album are: Electric Red, Run,
Afterglow and the excellent final song – Used. As Arcadian Child
venture into more crazier psychedelic pop/stoner based sounds. This
is a very hard album to describe but that's perhaps one of the
strengths of this album. As it keeps you guessing which musical
direction the band will turn to next. Maybe there could have been a
few more songs on the album. As it feels too short and dare I say
incomplete.
However
Arcadian Child never outstay their welcome and their use of 60s/70s
pop style progressive theatrics is bound to find a willing audience
within the Psychedelic/Stoner Rock community. My final thoughts on
Afterglow is that's a brilliantly entertaining and enchanting album
that will hopefully find a bigger audience as possible.
Hopefully
Arcadian Child's future albums will sound just as good as their debut
album. Awesome stuff.
Words
by Steve Howe