Release
date: June
14th
2019.
Label: Heavy
Psych Sounds.
Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
Macedonian
Lines
– Tracklisting
1.
Virtual Funeral
2.
Macedonian Lines
3.
Melancholy Sadie
4.
Bowie's Last Breath
5.
I'm Not An Indian (But I Play One On TV)
6.
I Make Weird Choices
Members
Gary
Acre - guitar
Mario
Lalli - bass guitar
Bill
Stinson - drums
Review
So-Cal
desert kings, Yawning Man, are back with a new album, 'Macedoninan
Lines',
and as always they push boundaries. The older I get the more I
appreciate and embrace instrumental music, if done right. And Yawning
Man are up there as a frontrunner in how to mesmerize and enchant
their listeners in the best possible way, sans vocals. After all, the
band has been around for a long time, so they know what they are
doing.
As
the first bar of opener ‘Virtual
Funeral’
emanates from the speakers, Yawning Man has me hooked and they won’t
let go. And that’s perfectly fine with me as I close my eyes and
let the band sweep me away. It doesn’t take long before Gary Acre’s
soothing and uplifting guitar tones starts to loosen me up, both
physically and mentally. ‘Macedonian
Lines’
picks right up while pushing the tempo upwards a touch. And by now,
Mario Lalli’s bass guitar aides Acre’s guitar in burrowing into
sore spots while alleviating ailments of any kind. Two songs in and
all I want is to hit repeat so this beauty never stops.
‘Melancholy
Sadie’
takes a step back for a minute before launching me into a whole new
plain, a whole new level of being. It might sound corny but this
album, and other recordings of this ilk, should be used as medical
treatment. Seriously, with this you need no medicine whatsoever. Just
hit play, close your eyes and listen and absorb the resolve Yawning
Man offers.
‘Bowie’s
Last Breath’
is lead the way by a fuzzed-out bass line with a soaring, liberating
guitar while Bill Stinson’s drumming is the heartbeat, which keeps
you steady as you’re taken on an astral journey never before
experienced. Beautiful! ‘I’m
Not An Indian (But I Play One On TV)
continues where ‘Bowie’s
Last Breath’
left off but the rhythm section has taken a somewhat darker stance.
Coupled with the dreamy guitar this amalgamation is nothing but
wonderful. Closer ‘I
Make Weird Choices’
begins with a wonderful soft bass riff which initiates our return
back to reality as new, healed people thanks to the healers in
Yawning Man.
This
album has quickly been added to my go-to list when I need to change
my ways, calm down or be uplifted, you name it. ‘Macedonian
Lines’
is purely and simply the best, purest organic remedy anyone needs.
Forget conventional treatment and all that mumbo jumbo, this is the
real deal, people. And I can’t thank the band enough for….for
being this amazingly good!
Words
by Håkan Nyman
Thanks
to Claire at Purple Sage PR for the promo. Macedonian Lines will be
available to buy on CD/DD/Vinyl via Heavy Psych Sounds from June 14th
2019.
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