Cream, Disraeli Gears

U.S.A., 1967

Disraeli Gears (funny thing about the name of the album, if you don't know already, wikipedia is your friend) is a breakthrough album for a vast majority of musical elements that later came to define what rock would be from then on. One of the first albums the wah wah pedal was used on – about that, check the Cry Baby documentary also –, specifically in "Tales of Brave Ulysses", and which includes the rock classic "Sunshine Of Your Love".
A very good psychedelic listening experience, a cohesive (as much as possible) opus that has earned its place as one of the great albums in rock history.


Playlist:

1. Strange Brew
2. Sunshine of Your Love
3. World of Pain
4. Dance the Night Away
5. Blue Condition
6. Tales of Brave Ulysses
7. SWLABR
8. We're Going Wrong
9. Outside Woman Blues
10. Take It Back
11. Mother's Lament

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Riff Cannon, Mercury Mountain

US, 2009.

Riff Cannon are a 4 piece stoner/sludge/fuzz/space/doom/heavy rock band from Boston whose influences include Sabbath, Torche, Led Zeppelin, Boris, Melvins, Goatsnake, Pentagram, Electric Wizard, etc. “Mercury Mountain” is their debut album and only release so far.

I swear this is the last album I steal from soundweave... for now.

Playlist:

1. Into the Unknown
2. Casting Shadows
3. The Oracle
4. Remember to Die
5. Road to Pompeii
6. Mercury Mountain
7. See Me Fall
8. At the Hall

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Voice Of The Seven Thunders, Self-titled

UK, 2010.

“A sprawling, largely instrumental affair with many threads: Eastern-tinged psychedelia, hazy, pastoral folk and dusty desert blues. And they are expertly combined, with cantering acoustic guitars and propulsive grooves preventing the sound from ever lapsing into proggy torpor.”

Playlist:

1. Open Lighted Doorway
2. Kommune
3. Out of the Smoke
4. Third Transition
5. The Burning Mountain
6. Dry Leaves
7. Dalälven
8. Cylinders
9. Set Fire to the Forest
10. Disappearances

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