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Acid King - The Mystick Krewe of Clearlight split [flac]

ACID KING / THE MYSTICK KREWE OF CLEARLIGHT 'Split' CD
2001 Man's Ruin MR2001

ACID KING
1. Blaze In
2. Free
3. Four Minutes
4. Blaze Out

THE MYSTICK KREWE OF CLEARLIGHT
5. Buzzard Hill (My Backyard)
6. Veiled

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ACID KING:
Lori S : guitars and vocals
Joey : drums
Guy Pinhas & Brian Hill : bass

THE MYSTICK KREWE OF CLEARLIGHT:
Jimmy Bower : guitar
Andy Shepherd : bass
Paul Webb : guitar
Ross Karpelman : organ
Joey LaCaze : drums
Wino : vocals/lyrics/e-bow

Probably one of my favorite slabs of stoner/doom. ACID KING feels like a head full of cough syrup. The MYSTICK KREWE tracks have Wino as a guest vocalist. Their only LP is all-instrumental, so this is a real stoner treat.

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In the vein of other Man's Ruin split discs, this effort serves up two slices of concentrated, sludgy greatness, with the emphasis definitely on the sludge. Acid King kicks things into gear with Free, four slices of pure mind-f*ck, showing that Lori S. -- apparently no longer Crover -- and her bandmates still have got the goods. As seems to be traditional with the group at this stage, there's yet another new bassist on most of the tracks, Guy Pinhas, though Brian Hill is still around for "Four Minutes" (which, logically enough, is over eight minutes long). The tempo-shifting instrumental "Blaze In" makes for major mind-shred, bong-hit action, setting the mood for the rest of the band's slow-as-it-goes death groove. Lori herself shows again she's got the instrumental chops and vocal abilities for everything, her heavily echoed singing an almost lovely counterpoint to the gobs of feedback. Though there's not much variety between the tracks, it really isn't needed -- it's all about head nodding and tripping out at full volume. As for the Mystick Krewe of Clearlight and its section, The Father, the Son and the Holy Smoke, it's about what might be expected from a Down/Eyehategod side project -- lengthy, loud, and intensely pissed off, but with a hearty load of good-time boogie as well. Ross Karpelman's organ gives it that perfect Deep Purple glaze. Only two songs, and they're both trips -- the first, "Buzzard Hill (My Backyard)," sounds like the perfect lost 1974 bad-ass stoner funk trip of dreams, with Jimmy Bower and Paul Webb's guitar charging everywhere and Joey LaCaze hitting some fine drum fills. The 12-minute "Veiled" combines that with a great space-out/head-trip midsection, making something already grand even better. ~ Ned Raggett, All Music Guide

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One of the most awesome bands around and utterly unkown. This split EP (coming after "Busse Woods"

, though having only four Acid King tracks, is spectacular. It shows Lori S. and crew are moving into a more open, jamming sound. Each of the songs (especially "Free", a song penned in celebration of Lori's divorce from her husband, himself a member of the Melvins) sprawls out and relaxes on the couch, slowly presenting itself. "Four minutes" (an eight minute plus track) spends two minutes in the intro alone. Yes, this is thick bass that's not in a hurry to get anywhere. If you dig Monster Magnet, Kyuss, and like, heavy sounding bands, Acid King has your number.

Doom

Stoner

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277.24 MB

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23/08/2008

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