Album Type: Full Length
Date Released:
20/07/2018
Label: Super Secret Records
Is messy riffing intertwined with
harmonics, synthesizer swirls and keys your thing? If so, hop on the Evil
Triplet space ship and don’t look back.
“Have
a Nice Trip” CD//DD//LP
track listing:
1).
Space Kitten
2).
A Day Like Any Other
3).
Aren’t You Experienced?
4).
Open Heart
5).
Pyramid Eye
6).
Apparition
The Review:
Messy
riffing intertwined with harmonics, synthesizer swirls and keys? Is that your
bag? Then by all means, what the hell are you waiting for? Go grab Evil Triplet’s
new album, “Have A Nice Trip”. It’s
great!
At
first glance, Evil
Triplet may sound like your every day psych-rock band. But give this
album – and their last one, too – a few spins and you’ll experience the magic
coming to the surface. There are melodic subtleties that have me going, did
I really just hear that? Then there’s some discordant, angular riffing
makes me wonder how someone lands on such an idea. Not only that, but how does
one convince the rest of the band to go along? But then again, if you take into
account how wet the vocals sound, I guess anything’s possible.
The
album’s highlight is definitely “Open
Heart.” It’s as close as the band gets to a song with a pop structure. A
solid verse leads into a great chorus, and it’s all driven by those messy
riffs, synthesizer swirls and keys. “Aren’t
You Experienced” is a sprawling cut that lets loose of a lot of song
structure but is no less catchy. The song’s lyrics tell a drug-themed tale by
way of extra long verses and a concise chorus.
Then
there’s the album’s closer, “Apparition.” Depending on the mood of the
listener, this song is either a space-ballad or a road rager. As a song, Evil Triplet
manage to capture both vibes in one, so the choice is that of the listener’s as
to what they want to hear. How trippy is that? And it’s weird stuff like
this that adds to the band’s magic.
