Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 17/01/2020
Label: Heavy Psych Sounds
“Ryte” CD//DD//LP track listing:
1). Raging Mammoth
2). Shaking Pyramid
3). Monolith
4). Invaders
The Review
Who's got the funk? Ryte's got the funk. And these fast rising stars of Psychedelia
are willing to share it with you on their self titled debut. With bone rattling grooves and an ear for the
cosmos, Ryte
is going on a trip and they're taking you with them.
Across the albums forty minute listening
time, the thunderous grooves are prevalent.
Bass is the driving force behind this band. Psychedelic jams abound in a
swirling sea of galactic jelly, drums shift from earth shaking to swinging,
while that funky ass bass keeps you dancing.
Couple that with some of the best used gratuitous wah wah guitars this
side of a porno, and you have some killer, trippy acid grooves.
Ryte begins its debut with the rumbling “Raging Mammoth”. With bouncy seventies style riffing and guitar
licks to put a smile on any hippies face, this track quickly melds into an all
out stoner romp. It’ll have you moving the whole time.
“Shaking
Pyramid”
starts off as a solid acid rock jam. The groove is good, beat is hard, good
stuff. And then they take it in a whole new direction. That bass, those
drums. What am I listening to? Whatever it is I'm happy to say I love it.
“Monolith” brings us right
back to that hammering pace. Stoner
riffs abound as the drums and bass pound out that groove that Ryte
just refuse to let go of. Vocals are
introduced into the mix as haunting cries from within the void, creating a
surprising but very welcome effect.
We close things out with “Invaders”. A trippy trek through time
and space. Another great funky bass and
drum combo kicks in while a hypnotic guitar tries to take complete control of
the listener. Let it take you, dear reader, let it compel you to dance.
In a world progressively losing its mind, Ryte
offers up some simple pleasures. A
chance to shed the weight of life and have some fun. This is a good time
record, whether odds used to enhance them or start them up. Ryte
being the funk and they bring it well.
“Ryte” is available HERE
