With his upcoming release, that respected ambassador of psychedelia Gregory Curvey is really spoiling us. Custard Flux's
fabulous 2019 second album 'Echo' is due out on quality raspberry vinyl in April, and as if that wasn't cool enough, with it comes a 6
track bonus CD of new material. I've been lucky enough to hear said CD, and well, Gregory continues to set a high bar for himself,
the new material is fabulous! To my ear there's a subtle difference in the sound, some feel stripped down a bit maybe. Curvey's guitar lends a late 60's flavour to a couple of the tracks, a Laural Canyon-ness, if you will, giving them a psyche folk air and a nice natural feel. Whilst his guitar on
'Indian Ocean Road' takes you soaring on the thermals created where the land meets the sea; the involvement of harmonium and harpsichord really adds a certain je ne sais quoi to the tracks. It's nice to hear Timothy Prettyman return on double bass too. You can give 'Indian Ocean Road' a listen here, it's a lovely track. They're all lovely tracks, all individual, all flying off on different psychedelic vectors, though all audibly originating in the creative flux of Curvey's Custard cauldron. And, ere, come in
a bit closer to the screen...if you're digging the Custurd Flux you've heard to date, word is there'll be a third Custard Flux album
'Oxygen', arriving, maybe, maybe by the end of the year. As I said, we're being
spoilt. If you haven't already, check out Echo here (and Echo's equally fantastic predecessor 'Helium'). They're wonderful albums... your ears will thank you.
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