Release Date: June 19th 2026. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD/Vinyl
PAMPS! Les Pamplemousses Ethyliques - Tracklisting
O Simon Diaz (Ianovitch)
Le Monde Des Tracteurs Geants
Octave ou Attention a la Mousse
Savage Biouti
Joachim ou Prends l'apparence du Duc
Members
Camille "Guitar Magic" Bouvard (Guitar)
François "Dr. Mad Francwe" Parmentier (Bass)
Alexis "Jean-Pierre Baguette" Caillet (Drums)
Review
Le Monde Des Tracteurs Geants is the third full length album from Psych Stoner Rockers PAMPS! Les Pamplemousses Ethyliques (PLPE) and this is my first exposure to the band. The band play a long drawn out and cinematic style of Stoner Rock that blends Psych, Space Rock, Desert Rock and Prog Rock with other influences ranging from Middle Eastern grooves and full on film soundtrack dynamics appearing on this record alone.
The record is quite epic in scope that runs for over an hour spread across five tracks which all have their own unique flavour and style of Stoner Rock. The record is very overblown, melodramatic and quite long but however this all works to the band’s great advantage. As they create some groundbreaking instrumental passages that are just jaw-dropping to listen to. There’s a fine amount of Post-Rock based melodies before PLPE aims for a heavier, disjointed and fractured sound that’s quite deafening at times.
Imagine a more spaced out and jazzed up version of EARTHLESS and MONKEY3 then that’s what you’ll experience with PLPE. All of the musicians are absolute geniuses with the amount of different music they conjure up within the outstanding opening track O Simon Diaz (Ianovitch) which demonstrates what to expect for this mammoth album.
This is mostly an instrumental rock album with some vocals and soundbytes being added along the way but for the majority PLPE are happy to let their music do the talking. They also have an unhealthy obsession using feedback loops, trippy sound effects and distorted amplifier movements within their music which gives a highly unorthodox Doom Rock sound creeping out from the speakers.
Sometimes the music also feels completely out of control which happens within regular stages of the record as PLPE explore that Jazz Rock and Experimental sound to generate new areas of Heavy Psychedelic and Sonic tapestries to explore, dismantle and re-create in their own great creative image. The album does feel like one extended album broken down into individual chapters which allows a different musical and creative perspective to take the limelight on tracks such as Le Monde Des Tracteurs Geants, Octave ou Attention a la Mousse and Joachim ou Prends l'apparence du Duc.
The levels of FUZZ is expertly timed with PLPE adding a cautious modern day sound which can be quite romantic within some of the closing seconds of individual tracks. This has been a hard album to review as Le Monde Des Tracteurs Geants conveys many different moods that’s quite hard to describe especially within the realm of Instrumental Rock music. Though, I can’t state how brilliantly breathtaking and emotionally engaging the whole record is. The sheer vision that the band have applied to this record is nothing short of amazing within the intricate sounds that’s played throughout the album.
Le Monde Des Tracteurs Geants is one of the most warm hearted and most emotionally engaging records I’ve heard in quite some time. There’s not one sign of malice as PAMPS! Les Pamplemousses Ethyliques make everyone feel welcome to join with their massive sounding record.
Awesome. End Of.
Words by Steve Howe
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