Release
date: April 20th
2018.
Label: King Pizza Records.
Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
Seismic
Vibes
– Tracklisting
1.Trip
03:43
2.Open
Road 03:52
3.Caves
of Steel 03:26
4.Stellar
Winds 03:38
5.Harebrained
04:09
6.Too
Much 05:00
7.Psychic
Lords 03:35
8.God
is Dead 07:16
Members
Mike Hammond
Stefan
Mersch
Kyle
Beach
Review
Seismic
Vibes is the debut album from Psychedelic Stoner Rockers - Sun
Voyager, with the band playing a heavy amount of Spaced Out Rock. The
album is quite trippy and moves at a very cool pace. The music never
becomes repetitive or boring. As the band play to their strengths and
never waiver.
Opening
track - Trip - is aptly named as Sun Voyager will take you on a heavy
psychedelic spaced out riff-fest with elements of Blues Rock
appearing here and there.
Sun
Voyager has a lot in common with fellow Psych Blues/Space/Stoner
Rockers - GEEZER. As both bands build their musical foundations on
Blues Rock and heavy spaced out interludes.
Sun
Voyager live up to the spaced out heaviness of their music superbly
well. Especially on songs such as: Open Road, Caves Of Steel, Stellar
Winds, Psychic Lands and the epic riffs of Psychic Lords. Sun Voyager
sure likes to move from different eras of Stoner Rock and Rock &
Roll on this album. As the album includes elements of sixties,
seventies, nineties and even modern day sounds.
There
is a major The Doors influence on this record and perhaps Hawkwind as
well. Sun Voyager sound very different on all the songs held on the
album. All very different but still offering a groovy psychedelic
vibe. The only part I struggled with the album is when Sun Voyager
tries to add a more doom and gloom atmosphere. Especially on the song
Too Much. It's a good song but the doomier elements didn't really
work with the trippy psychedelic riffs. I may change my mind on this
song within time.
The
production is excellent and is one of the albums main strengths. As
Sun Voyager create a very strange sounding album and it needed
top-notch production to bring their weird and wonderful ideas to
life. The instrumental work from Sun Voyager is excellent as well.
With the band keeping the whole mood vibrant and fresh for out. Some
parts of the album could have done with faster riffs but Sun Voyager
off-set that by playing some truly heavy sounds that you wouldn't
expect on an album such as this.
Seismic
Vibes will need a few in-depth listens to understand and fully
appreciate what Sun Voyager has accomplished with this album. There
are a lot of different sounds and ideas to fully figure out. Though
it's a good thing that Seismic Vibes has quite an addictive edge and
you will be listening to this record for days on end.
Seismic
Vibes is a superbly entertaining album and one that will have you
keep coming back for multiple listens.
Excellent
and Highly Recommended.
Words
by Steve Howe
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