| CD REVIEW Earthling Society |
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Band : Earthling Society On their sixth album now, Earthling Society have blossomed into one of the most interesting psychedelic kraut folk rock bands on the universal scene. Their music is indefinable, arguably unique and certainly satisfying. Stations Of The Ghost is innovative and imaginative, full to bursting with beautiful songs that touch your emotional pulse like few albums could ever hope to do. It's got all of the invention and instrumental meld of a band like Embryo, Pink Floyd, Nektar, Kraan, Hawkwind, Incredible String Band, Black Merda or Rush. “Dark horizons” flows through many captivating passages and it soon becomes apparent that all instruments function extremely well together, but sometimes you wish it was all a bit louder, that the guitars were further up in the mix on this song, the drums further up on that.. “Child of the universe” intelligently mixes a jamming approach with eerie outbursts; I come to think of Wish You Were Here-era a bit here, it has the same kind of wonderful broadness to it. The bass works creatively and offers some cool grooves and a special mention must also go to the clever piano and saxophone collaboration. The duality between folk and space rock is captured with immense talent and great song writing skill in “Night of the scarecrow” and “The last hurrah” with excellent thrilling guitar solos by Fred Laird. Laird still has his very own style of singing, with that unique sense of weird and enchanting, but rather thin vocal melodies. Extraordinary compositions like “Child of the universe” and “Night of the scarecrow” aren't easy to describe, they are so gripping and elevated. The mix between psych songs and the acoustic songs, and the occasional progressive outburst and other worldly weirdness, sure makes this album fun listening too. You certainly can't blame this release of being boring or predictable. 93/100 Cosmicmasseur. |