Release
date: October 25th
2019.
Label: Salty
Dog
Records. Format: DD/Vinyl
Of
Seers And Sirens –
Tracklisting
1.Sails
at Dawn 04:13
2.The
Dreamer's Burning Door 04:25
3.Of
Seers and Sirens 06:36
4.Solstice
[Bonus Track] 05:51
5.Gaze
of Ptolemy 09:16
6.Equinox
08:13
7.Broken
Colours 08:09
Members
Jack
Ainsworth: Bass Guitar/Vocals
Samuel
Drew-Rumoro: Drums/Vocals
Christopher
Hockey: Guitar/Lead Vocals
Jesse
Joannou: Organ/Synthesisers/Vocals
Mark
Vincini: Guitar/Vocals
Review
Of
Seers And Sirens is the new album from Psychedelic Stoner Rockers
Pseudo Mind Hive and it’s my first main exposure to the band. The
band did release a debut album last year which completely passed me
by. Shame on me for that mistake. I wasn’t going to make the same
mistake twice with their new album. As this is one of the best
Psychedelic Stoner Rock albums of the year.
Pseudo
Mind Hive bring an album that’s packed with rich ideas and heavy
grooves that transcend the Psychedelic Stoner Rock spectrum with the
band adding a Spaced Out and Cosmic Groove. Inspired by bands such as
Black Sabbath, Hawkwind and Uncle Acid but with the band in full
control of their own destiny.
Opening
song – Sails At Dawn – is a lush sounding Space/Stoner Rock song
with the band adding a heavy amount of theatrical Psychedelic
tendencies along the way. The song has a heavy FUZZ atmosphere
burning in the background that allows the band to embrace the
seventies Hard Rock/Psychedelic Rock scene with supreme confidence.
The vocals are excellent and have quite a vintage feel to them.
Second
song – The Dreamer’s Burning Door – offers a more Blues Rock
influenced style of music that reminds myself of GEEZER in many ways.
The band are perhaps influenced by Black Sabbath the most on this
song whilst playing their own highly infectious style of Psychedelic
Stoner Rock with flashes of Doom Rock adding a heavier sound to the
album.
Third
song – Of Seers And Sirens – is a more classic sounding
Doom/Fuzz/Stoner Rock odyssey with the band playing different strands
of Psychedelic Rock as well. This is perhaps the gloomiest song on
the album with the excellent vocals and lyrics all having a darker
feel to them.
Fourth
song – Solstice – is an epic sounding instrumental song. As the
band play a stunning blend of Post-Doom and Heavy Psychedelic Sounds
for a more expansive and adventurous song that also has eerie Ambient
based noises for one trippy wild ride. The instrumental work is
simply marvellous on this song with Pseudo Mind Hive not afraid to
use more of their creative freedom on this song.
The
final three songs – Gaze of Ptolemy, Equinox and Broken Colours –
is where the band venture into the world of Progressive Rock with
these songs all lasting past the eight-minute mark. So you have
twenty minutes of finely played of Psychedelic Stoner Rock/Metal with
strands of Post-Doom and FUZZ riffs with fantastic lyrics to match.
Equinox
is perhaps my favourite song on the album. As it goes down through
many different musical routes such as Classic Rock, Prog Rock and
Stoner Rock that contain some of the heaviest sounds and riffs of the
entire album.
Of
Seers And Sirens is also bolstered by amazing production values which
gives the band a loud and heavy clear sound from start to finish.
As
I stated earlier in this review, Of Seers And Sirens is one of the
best Psychedelic Stoner Rock albums I’ve heard this year and will
no doubt claim a place on my best albums of the year list. This is a
must have album. No question.
Words
by Steve Howe
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