Release
date: May
10th
2019. Label: Riot
Season
Records. Format: Cassette/DD/Vinyl
Tune
On, Tune In, Freak Out!
– Tracklisting
1.Ecstasy
Highwaystar
2.Blow!
Blow! Blow! 09:47
3.Overdose,
Pussycat! More! More!
4.Rollercoaster
Of The Universe
Review
I
always find albums like HIBUSHIBIRE new album Tune On, Tune In, Freak
Out! very hard to review. As they’re a variety of different styles
that can be very hard to describe. You have elements of Space Rock,
Psych, Noise Rock, Doom Rock and even Stoner Rock. The album is quite
an intense and progressively heavy album and moves along at such a
frantic pace that you can’t help admire the skills and musicianship
that the band have put into this album.
The
album contains four songs and lasts for around thirty-five minutes or
so. Psychedelic/Space Rock Bands from Japan always tend to be on the
more experimental and crazy side of life and HIBUSHIBIRE are no
different. Obviously Riot Season Records have to be the label
releasing this album as they have quite the reputation of releasing
albums that fit out the normal musical spectrum.
Opening
song – Ecstasy Highwaystar – is a four minute plus opus where the
music comes thick and fast from almost every direction. The heavy and
fuzzy guitar tones soon give way to a more crazed psychedelic space
rock sound and leaves you wanting more. The song can be quite intense
at times but also quite addictive as well with the swirling seventies
style noises being played in the background.
Second
song – Blow! Blow! Blow! – carries on with the strange
Psychedelic Rock riffs but on a more epic scale with the song lasting
near ten minutes. HIBUSHIBIRE have more time to play with here and
they play a more jam-based style of music and create one of the
albums standout songs. The song does feel it’s been broken down to
individual chapters as the song can be heavy one moment and quiet
laid-back the next before the band speed things up again for an epic
finish.
Third
song – Overdose, Pussycat! More! More! – as the title suggests is
perhaps the seediest sounding song on the album. As the song embraces
the dirtier side of seventies Psychedelic Hard Rock and allows
HIBUSHIBIRE to have some wicked fun with the song especially with the
riffs and trippy vocals.
Fourth
song – Rollercoaster Of The Universe – is perhaps the main
attraction held on the album. As this song runs for over seventeen
minutes and HIBUSHIBIRE will take you on a complex and very surreal
journey into the realm of Heavy Spaced Out Rock. This song is a
masterclass of Psychedelic Rock as the band create a song with many
different styles of music all joining together for a truly hypnotic
journey. This song will actually make you Tune On, Tune In and Freak
Out.
The
production is excellent with the album managing to convey a fresh
modern sound whilst embracing the style of seventies classic hard
rock. Overall, HIBUSHIBIRE have created a work of art with this
album. Tune On, Tune In, Freak Out! is a must have album for all
dedicated fans of Psychedelic Rock.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks
to Riot Season Records for the promo. Tune On, Tune In, Freak Out! -
will be available to buy on Cassette Tape/DD/Vinyl via Riot SeasonRecords from May 10th 2019.
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