By: John Slaymaker
Album Type:
Full Length
Date Released:
5/02/2013
Label:
Small Stone Recordings
I find myself thinking back to when stoner rock was just that,
classic feeling, completely uplifting and downright fucking Hooky.
‘Anthoropos’
CD//DD//LP track Listing
1)
230 (2:54)
2)
Graenslandet (3:06)
3)
The Forest (3:34)
4)
Aim for the Sun (5:19)
5)
Adrift (4:11)
6)
To Live( 3:56)
7)
Hoenan (2:18)
8)
Windows (4:04)
9)
Something From Below (6:41)
10)
R Mcord (4:00)
11)
Lucy (8:11)
Mother of God is:
Daniel Nygren | Vocals, Guitars
Johan Kvastegård | Guitars
Carl Lindblad | Bass Guitar
Jimmy Hurtig | Drums
Daniel Nygren | Vocals, Guitars
Johan Kvastegård | Guitars
Carl Lindblad | Bass Guitar
Jimmy Hurtig | Drums
The Review
Track
one, ‘230’ there is an immediately recognisable stoner
riffage of the desert variety, as we are basically stampeded through Death
Valley. This intro riff not quite pilfered, but more compulsory
gives me a perfect initial idea of what I’m going to be getting on this album.
The vocals remind me immediately of Spice from
The Mushroom
River Band, the songs structured around this well sung vocal,
forming a perfect relationship with the instruments as we are served this meat
and potatoes stoner main course first.
‘Graenslandet’ implies more of the same but sung in their native
tongue and with the bass nice and high in the mix, they breakdown into a groove
reminiscent of old Acrimony, catchy as hell short and
sweet! I only wish I knew what it was all about. With ‘The
Forest’ this rhythm riff takes me way back when The Doors were the band of the moment and Jim
Morrison was king of the crooners. This song is a nice break from
the norm and sequenced among the songs perfectly and even picks up pace as The Doors
would’ve with nice guitar leads and vocal flourishes. ‘Aim
For The Sun’ the intro of which, is fantastic psyche
blues and opens up a little like Layne Staley would sing it for Alice in Chains,
and to be honest there is a little early nineties throughout this
album even breaking into some Soundgarden. The song then speeds up for a
little while and I get the impression that they jammed the ending.
The
next couple of songs start out quite mellow, allowing Daniel to properly sing
and mix it up with his vocal range, he gives it a radio friendly commercial
edge which isn’t a bad thing at all. I would welcome this sort of
thing on the radio warmly. ‘Something From The Edge’ takes us back into a much more
psychedelic feeling, mixing a sort of shoe gaze effect, with some cool guitar
effects phasing in and out of the chorus and incorporating sweet fuzzy
leads. The longest and last track ‘Lucy’, we
are back in the saddle with the stoner desert grooves. A decent repetitive
catchy riff is just what a record like this needs to bow out on, bluesy bridges
and heavy horse riding riffs aplenty. I
find myself thinking back to when stoner rock was just that, classic feeling,
completely uplifting and downright fucking Hooky.
