Release Date: January 29th 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD
From The Valley Of The Moon - Track Listing:
1.Floodplain Apex 03:36
2.Dawn Thief 02:40
3.With High Spines 06:17
4.Magma Rises, Falls 03:30
Members
Pepper Glass: guitar/vocals
Mike DiTullio: drums/percussion
Ben Dodds: bass
Review
From The Valley Of The Moon is the new EP from Instrumental Stoner Rockers Within Wilds who play a fusion of Psych, Desert, Fuzz, Stoner and Ambient Rock with a freakish Jazzy sound. Parts KYUSS, Karma To Burn and Yawning Man can be heard within their music with a sense of trippy Tribalism and Eastern themes appearing throughout their EP.
The sound is quite heavy and space rock orientated in places with its stop/start attitude appearing within the opening tracks of Floodplain Apes and Dawn Thief. There is an off-kilter Post-Rock energy that appears in the quieter parts of the EP from Within Wilds which is quite experimental and maybe off-putting for some. However, the music is quite original, surreal and outlandish in all the right places which allows the band to become ever more confident with their music especially on the final two tracks of With High Spines and Magma Rises, Falls.
Within Wilds do embrace their Stoner Rock roots more and more on the later stages of the EP with the music becoming ever so LOUDER and RIFF-CENTRIC. I was hoping for a couple or more tracks from Within Wilds but that’s my only complaint for this superb slice of highly surreal style of Instrumental Stoner Rock.
Excellent and Highly Recommended.
Words by Steve Howe
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