Earthless - From The Ages [2013]

Earthless - From The Ages 2013 #heavy_psych #stoner_rock #psychedelic_rock #jam The time has finally come! Six years after their latest full-length record “Rhythms From A Cosmic Sky”, San Diego trio is ready to release its first new record on Tee Pee Records. The first trip of fuzzed-out acid rock is ‘Violence Of The Red Sun’. The track gives off a very Sabbathian vibe interposed with enough late 60s/early 70s psych influence to make your bottoms grow bells. Synths intersect the orbit like a comet, leaving flashes of light in their wake. Mitchell’s guitar drifts of its own freewill between groovy riffs and crazed solos. Eginton turns the eternal wheel of stoner groove and Rubalcada rides the rails of boundless energy with snapping snare, thudding bass, and fills a plenty. The song’s latter half moves in a desert direction with a stopover in blues country. The amalgam of psych/stoner and blues is almost too much to bear. ‘Uluru Rock’ feels like the desert is waking. Slow and quiet until the sun breaks the horizon. Seemingly endless solos sing a sad, acidic song. Synths show their face before retreating to the shadows as the desert sun bakes the earth. The intensity builds to a peak before the sun slowly settles again behind ‘Uluru Rock’. At 5:42, ‘Equus October’ seems like it’s over before it begins compared to the other three tracks. An OM influenced bass riff leads the way down a lazy cosmic river, emptying into a pool of colour. Drum hits and cymbal crashes break the surface like raindrops, mixing a rainbow of shades together with swirling grace before the whole scene is blown away by an explosion of noise. Thirty minute closer ‘From the Ages’ takes “trippy” to the next level. Biker rock, 70s vibe and drug power coalesce into circular riffs, steady rhythm and the mind-bending solos Mitchell is basically made of. Eastern flavour takes the track on a magic carpet ride of incense scented astral travel. Synths, feedback and wonderful wah make the title track a triumphant barrage of cool that never feels like a half-hour song.