HINTEN

A more focused but still challenging listening experience, Guru Guru's second album still just doesn't do that much for me. Attempts at whimsicality (like the lyrics, such as they are, on Bo Diddley) just come across as annoying, the guitar sound is loud and abrasive without quite capturing the passion or intensity of other artists working in a similar vein, and whilst the jams have a bit more direction the album seems rooted in a psychedelic freakout approach which most other Krautrock groups had already evolved beyond by this point. I cannot, on the whole, recommend the album unless you're particularly fond of such albums; even then, there are better freakout discs out there.