Release
date: November
16th
2018. Label: MRS
Records. Format: DD/Vinyl
EP
1 –
Tracklisting
1.Jimi
06:40
2.Lamp
Song 05:33
3.Dock
11 04:50
4.Molimoh
06:08
5.Goodbye
Katus 07:01
6.Midnight
Mojo (live) 08:20
Review
EP1
is the album release from French Psychedelic Stoner Rockers –
Little Jimi. Not a name that you would associate with the Stoner Rock
genre but it operates within the story that unfolds on the band’s
highly charismatic and gloomy debut album. The band take influence
from The Black Angels and Mars Red Sky. As you will hear heavy
psychedelic stoner sounds that gives away to a more gloomy
atmosphere.
The
EP is quite loud from the start with opening song – Jimi – having
a surreal eastern vibe to the song but all held in the confinements
of Psychedelic Stoner Rock. The vocals are quite different as I was
expecting something else but they have a 70s feel to them. The music
moves from different eras of Stoner Rock but still maintaining a
modern Stoner groove.
Other
songs on the EP such as Lamp Song, Dock 11 and Molimoh – allow
Little Jimi to slowly build a heavy Space Rock sound to their music
and the results are quite trippy and very weird at times. The
songwriting is first rate even if the lyrical content is OTT and
doesn’t make sense at times. However it adds to the overall
enjoyment of this larger-than-life record.
If
you’re a fan of Mars Red Sky then you will surely enjoy this band.
Which isn’t surprising since this record is being released by Mars
Red Sky own record label – MRS Records. So the influence is
definitely there for everyone to witness and rock out to.
The
standout song has to be the final two songs – Goodbye Katus and
Midnight Mojo (Live) – as the band play some of the heaviest sounds
on the entire album.
Little
Jimi are not your usual Psychedelic Stoner Rock band and that’s
what makes them so appealing and equally addictive. EP1 is a gloomy
experience but there are moments of blissful Psychedelic Stoner Rock
that you won’t forget. Overall, EP1 is an absolute joy from start
to finish and I want to hear more from the band in the future.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks
to Claire at Purple Sage PR for the promo. Little Jimi is available
to buy now from MRS Records.
