Release
date: September
20th
2019. Label: Heavy
Psych Sounds.
Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
For
The Masses
– Tracklisting
1
Sage Wisdom
2
Shut Up And Drive
3
Yuppie Sacrifice
4
Like A Freak
5
For The Masses
6
The Magic Touch
7
Grasping The Void
Members
Doug
Sabolik
Michael
Field Connor
Kevin
Nickles
Ricky
Culp
Review
Ecstatic
Vision new album – For The Masses – takes the freak-out and
psychedelic sounds of Raw Rock Fury and matches it against the Heavy
Psych Stoner Rock backdrop that appeared on their celebrated 2015
debut album Sonic Praise.
For
The Masses is a more focused album with the band finally settling
down for a clearer and more diverse sound. The album is quite compact
and doesn’t waste a second within it’s 35 minute run time.
Ecstatic Vision blend Psych, Classic Rock, Space Rock, Stoner Rock
and Doom Rock for one massive Psychedelic Freak Out that bring back
memories of Hawkwind and early-era Monster Magnet.
The
production is excellent and the 7 songs on offer show a band who are
happy and willing to experiment with every part of their overall
sound and still leave you wanting more.
The
vocals are quite SHAMANIC in places and have a mad preacher vibe to
them. The riffs are built on a wild mix mix of ZEN LIKE CREATIVITY
and Stoner Rock Weirdness. This is how a classic Psychedelic Rock
album should sound like. Bold, Brave and willing to take risks at
every single opportunity.
The
album does see Ecstatic Vision play a wide range of different sounds
and instruments on this album. Perhaps from their time recording Raw
Rock Fury which sounded vastly different to Sonic Praise. It’s good
to see the band blend those two different sounds onto this album and
still sound vastly different as well.
Standout
songs include – Shut Up And Drive, Yuppie Sacrifice, The Magic
Touch and Grasping The Void.
Ecstatic
Vision have found the perfect home with Heavy Psych Sounds and this
albums proves that Ecstatic Vision are one of the smartest, weirdest
and most exciting voices within the Psychedelic Rock/Stoner Rock
scene today.
Overall,
For The Masses is a gloriously hip and fresh sounding album that will
rank as one of the best albums of 2019.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks
to Claire
at Purple Sage PR for the
promo. For
The Masses
will be available to buy on CD/DD/Vinyl via Heavy Psych Sounds from
September
20th
2019.
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