pachyderm "Two Weeks Of Spring"

Country: Canada
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Krautrock, Folk
Label: Brothers And Sisters Records
Format: digital, vinyl
Release date: June 10, 2015 (digital)
Tracklist: 
01. The Return To Bam Citadel 10:38
02. Golzar Avenue 05:02
03. The Jewel In The Eye Of The Camel 03:23
04. Moroccan Dive Bar 05:05
05. Fidele 08:17
06. Late Night Boat Across The Dead Sea 02:57
07. Lever Le Voile 04:13
08. Mirage 06:54
09. Mosquito Coast 11:32
10. Two Weeks Of Spring 05:25

Line-up: 
Tom Jarvis - acoustic and electric guitars, bass, keyboards, vocals, handclaps, guiro, tamborine, shakers, clave, wine bottles.
Nico Braesch - drums, djembe, vocals, handclaps, shakers, clave, guiro, glockenspiel, wine bottles.
  With
Félix Petit - saxophone (tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 9), tamborine (track 2)
Jesus Maza - vocals (track 8)
Brandon Webb - backing vocals (track 5)

Description/Reviews: 

The pieces on this album reach into the netherworld between Eastern and Western musical traditions; the Hijaz melodies of the Midde-East, the Raga of Indian folk, the Tuareg blues of the Sahara, the spiritual sonics of Krautrock, and fuses it all with the power and the fury of rock.
Return To Bam Citadel, the opener, transports you half way across the world into a trek across the Sahara where a wrong turn suddenly drops you in the middle of an Indian Buddhist temple. While the first single off the album, Moroccan Dive Bar, is the perfect fusion between Tennessee blues/rock and the sounds of the Marrakesh nightlife. I couldn’t help but think Late Night Boat Across the Dead Sea felt like the end of a long romance that should have never began. A great stand out was also Mosquito Coast, a fast tempered song that resembles the beating of the rhythm of two lovers through time.

 Read the full review by Jessica Abou at ixdaily.com

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