Release
date: April
20th
2018. Label: Hellas
Records.
Format: CD/DD
Green
Acid Of Last Century - Tracklisting
1.
Green Acid
2.
Halusinasi
3.
Socotra Land
4.
Doomsday
5.
Hell In The World
6.
Black Smoke
7.
The Green Aurora
8.
Last Century
Members
Puguh
Pangeksi - bass guitar, vocals
Rizky
Anngriawan - drums
Combohell
- guitars
Review
Damn,
I don't like it when I'm late to the show but better late than ever,
right? That's the case with Indonesia's bong masters, Klandestin.
Their fantastic debut album, 'Green
Acid Of Last Century'
came out back in April 2018 already, and here we are in December
2018! Oh well. A trio of tripped out miscreants bring a whole new
take on smoky stoner rock with a serious Iommi-worship coupled with a
big love for Sleep. And that alone makes me happy. Why? Well, the
band moves within a sphere that's gone stale, repetitive and rather
unimaginative, at least to my ears it is this way. So with Klandestin
busting the gates wide open while breathing fresh smoke out of from
the speakers is so refreshing.
Can't
say that the difference from other bands playing this kind of music
is drastic. it's just that Klandestin's approach is so unrestrained
which subsequently allows the trio to take wider turns. And to escape
the shackles of the sandbox rules of any genre generates damned good
music!
Instrumental
opener ‘Green
Acid’
is slow and meandering leading into a tripped out state of being.
Hypnotic and transcendent it sets the perfect mood right off the bat.
‘Halusinasi’
speeds up a little bit and brings some nice Sleep vibes. Fuzzed and
vibrant, Klandestin leads the listener through an amazing psilocybe
world while riffing the hell out of you. Keeping the same kind of
vibe but taking wider turns, Socotra
Land’
is one of those wonderfully complete compositions that are so rare.
Ethereal and spellbinding you’re quickly and painlessly pulled into
the band’s delicate web of previously unknown worlds.
Slowing down
in pace ‘Doomsday’
is more doomy in approach, well perhaps doom mixed with heavy psych
with Matt Pike on vocals and Tony Iommi on guitar is a better
description. Regardless, it’s a great song which puts you in a
wonderful cathartic trance leaving you wanting more and more and
more.
‘Hell
In The World’
starts out trippy and psychedelic for a short while until it
unleashes the fury for a minute. Then it’s back to luring,
mesmerizing tones, keeping you on your toes while not knowing when
and how they are going to strike again. Oh yeah, ‘Black
Smoke’
is probably the heaviest song on here. Still not particularly fast,
Klandestin knows to crush anyway. And with Combohell’s fantastic
guitar playing back by the lead-heavy rhythm section of Puguh and
Risky, the band can’t go wrong, pure and simple.
‘The
Green Aurora’
is beautiful, yet creepy in all its trippiness. Psychedelic in
approach until the latter half when the band throws down the gauntlet
and rocks out. Love it! Closer ‘Last
Century’
is the perfect way to end this brilliant debut. Everything that
Klandestin are is represented within this song. They leave the door
open elegantly for part two in their journey through amazing tripped
out worlds and I can’t wait.
To
tie back to the beginning, I know I’m late to the show with
Klandestin but man, I am so happy I got introduced to them. They are
something else and are so refreshing to listen to and I can’t keep
from hitting repeat when I play ‘Green
Acid Of Last Century’.
I strongly advice everyone to listen to these guys cause they should
not be ignored. Great stuff, indeed!
Words
by Håkan Nyman