Album Type: Full
Length
Date Released:
16/9/2014
Label: Robustfellow
/ Transubstans Records
‘The
Sun’ CD/DD/LP track Listing
1). The Loom
(08:20)
2).
Sightwaster (08:02)
3). Up In The
Sky (08:12)
4). Signals
(10:52)
5). Sun (7:19)
Bio:
Somali Yacht
Club is a stoner rock trio from Lviv, Ukraine
Formed in 2010 as a jam band, they evolved quickly to a main band for its members. In August 2011 they self-released their first four-song EP “Sandsongs”.
In late 2014 Somali Yacht Club are releasing first LP ‘The Sun’ on Bilocation Records. They played numerous shows inUkraine
Formed in 2010 as a jam band, they evolved quickly to a main band for its members. In August 2011 they self-released their first four-song EP “Sandsongs”.
In late 2014 Somali Yacht Club are releasing first LP ‘The Sun’ on Bilocation Records. They played numerous shows in
The
Band:
Mez | Guitar,
vocals
Artur | bass
Lesyk | drums
Artur | bass
Lesyk | drums
Review:
Somali
Yacht Club definitely were able to make an interesting genre mash-up with their
newest full length, ‘The Sun’. Until this point all they had out there was
their debut EP, ‘Sandsongs’ from 2011 and a single they put out last year. As a
fan of both those releases, this newest one was certainly a surprise. While
their earlier albums were very riff laden, fuzzed out, to the point stoner
metal, ‘The Sun’ is a much more abstract piece of work. The goal of this
clearly is different from their earlier releases- it’s about half as heavy,
half the speed, but with twice the amount of thought put into how the album
would work as a whole.
After
listening to the first track, I thought I had about settled into the album. It
seemed like one of those openers that would define the whole album. That nice,
atmospheric opening track prepares the listener for a contemplative, almost
relaxing experience. The main riff is catchy, but not too in your face. There
is a lot of background noise throughout the whole song, a lot of effects, and
those great trippy vocals chanting “I can feel it in my bones” over and over.
The
fact that Somali Yacht Club started as a jam band becomes very evident by the
second and third tracks. This is where they start to go all over- you can tell
that a lot of this was written just during a straight up jam session- riffs
that came right from the heart without an excessive amount of thought put into
them, and even some dub sections. However, it also avoids being incohesive as a
lot of jam bands can be- it is still a very well arranged album that flows
throughout.
They
definitely took a risk with this album- there are so many points in the album
that they could have easily just taken the easy route (which they may have done
on their first EP) and just gone from one to another, keeping the same attitude
the whole song, but ‘The Sun’ has a multitude of attitudes and emotions going
on. ‘The Sun' manages to find the
perfect middle ground of psychedelic rock. Just the right amount of riffs,
right amount of abstract atmospheric jamming, the vocals are relaxing, but
intense and emotional at the same time. There is so much emotion on this album
that I feel like you could listen to it in any mood and relate to it. They manage
to be all over the place, but still not sound frantic and unorganized.
Words by: Alex
D.
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