Tuesday 31 August 2021
Monday 30 August 2021
Hedgehogs ahoy!
Sunday 29 August 2021
Graffiti; traditional, tribal and pervy
Saturday 28 August 2021
A portent?
Thursday 26 August 2021
Not oakay
Tuesday 24 August 2021
The Locker Room Cowboys - Into the Silence
Monday 23 August 2021
Blackensford Brook
Sunday 22 August 2021
Saturday 21 August 2021
Pomme
Friday 20 August 2021
Thursday 19 August 2021
Turkey Oak
Monday 16 August 2021
Rhinefield Sandy's
Sunday 15 August 2021
Barton
Thursday 12 August 2021
Sunday 8 August 2021
Stag brake
Friday 6 August 2021
Autumn's early arrival
Thursday 5 August 2021
DDT Freshwater
Freshwater differs greatly from it's predecessor 'Enter the Bend', although as you'd imagine is equally engaging listening. The opening track 'divided attention' is a 60's acid soaked beauty, all shamanistic drums, spacey reverb and echo, then it's off at speed courtesy of some lovely tripped out spacerock psyche following the 'ley Lines'. The acid kicks back in as we meet the 'Stick figures', all jazzy tones and rich spacey textures melting into a psychedelic pool of eerie in 'always return', through which the hypnotic shamanistic drums are again 'unearthed'. Smashing! Side one is akin to the Carleton Melton gig experience, an aural journey, it flowed beautifully. Side two has an all round heavier sound to it, opening to the distorted guitars and pounding rhythm of 'Set Alight', a nice heavy psyche sound, the tone is set. 'Crows Know', is a tasty slice spacerock psyche. Whilst 'Dynamo' is just that, an intense driving track. 'Marking the Clouds', offers a brief psyche jazz distraction before 'The Second Third' drops like heavy gravity, droning guitar and electronic textures conjuring the discordant ominousness of a 70's cult film soundtrack, which ends the album in reverberating distortion. And....wow! What a fabulous album, man, absolutely marvellous from start to finish, DDT have created a wonderfully rich psychedelic gestalt from myriad psyche family facets. An album with more than a hint of 60's/70's psychedelic attitude, and plenty of heft to boot; all performed by exceptional musicians...what's not to love. The whole package is a beautiful thing too, you can lose yourself in the stunning artwork on the outer sleeve, and the vinyl, what a cool coloured splatter, quality pressing as well. Part of the vinyl experience has always been the sleeves, a nod needs to go out to artists who keep that experience a rich one, from the photo above you see that the feast DDT serve is not just for the ears. Check it out on Bandcamp or at Drone Records.