Release
date: May
03rd
2019.
Label: All Good Clean Records. Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
Dune
Sea – S/T
– Tracklisting
Pentobarbital
And Ethanol
Dune
Sea
Future
Morphine
Green
Astrodelic
Breakdown
Bounty
Hunter
Awake
Cosmic
Playground
Members
Ole
Nogva - vocals, guitar, synthesizer, effects
Petter
Dahle - Bass
Erik
Bråten - Drums
Review
Dune
Sea debut album bridges the gap between Space Rock and Stoner
Rock/Metal with relevant ease and shows the band creating their own
highly stylistic sound that draws influence from Hawkwind, Earthless,
Colour Haze and KYUSS. The album is quite a trippy and surreal audio
experience with the band adding a cool seventies rock groove to their
music as well.
The
trippy audio soundwaves and hard-rocking Desert/Stoner Rock riffs is
a concept we’ve heard a thousand times before. However, Dune Sea
actually do weird and wonderful things with the standard rules of the
Stoner/Space Rock genres that make you stand up and take notice.
Opening
song – Pentobarbital And Ethanol – is a combination of Hawkwind
sonic riffage and Fu Manchu/Kyuss classic Desert/Stoner Rock vibes
with the song moving into heavier Doomed Out Territory. The song can
be quite Post-Rock sounding at times but this gives Dune Sea a more
cinematic sound. The music is fast-paced and never feels out of
place. The harsh Bass Guitar towards the end of the song shows you
that Dune Sea is not afraid to get down and dirty to create heavier
sounds.
Second
song – Dune Sea – has a nineties Stoner Rock flow to it with the
band once again allowing the Space Rock vibe to become the main
driving force behind their music. The vocals from Ole are sung
superbly well with echoes of “FREEDOM” being sung in the
background. This song sees Dune Sea play some fantastic heavy
Psychedelic Stoner Metal guitar solos that have a vibrant energy to
them.
Third
song – Future – carries on the Psychedelic Stoner Rock madness
from the opening two songs but with swirling Ambient noises and
self-aware lyrics making this one of the standout songs on the album.
The band show their appreciation for Science Fiction and Star Wars in
general with some of the lyrics they have written for this song.
Fourth
Song – Morphine – sees Dune Sea adding a seedy Garage Rock vibe
to their music. However, the warped psychedelic riffs and distorted
vocals don’t fully work and the band lose focus deciding which
musical direction they want to fully explore on this song.
Fifth
song – Green – sees the band return to winning ways with a heavy
mix of Psychedelic Stoner Rock and warped Spaced Out sounds being
played to their full potential. Heavy and intense in places making
Green a trippy and very surreal psychedelic experience.
The
remaining four songs sees Dune Sea continue playing their epic hybrid
Spaced Out with different Ambient Noises just for the sheer heck of
it. Songs such as: Astrodelic Breakdown, Bounty Hunter and Cosmic
Playground – offer a cool narrative to each of the songs with the
band telling an exciting story within each song through the power of
their music.
Dune
Sea is an excellent sounding record and the production is epic from
the start. If you’re looking for a band to satisfy your Space Rock
and Stoner Rock/Metal desires, then Dune Sea have you covered.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks
to Viral Propaganda PR for the promo. Dune Sea debut album will be
available to buy on CD/DD/Vinyl via All Good Clean Records from May
3rd 2019.
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