LUNATIC SOUL

Lunatic Soul's debut record is really something special, by any standards. It creates chilling, hypnotic, and ambient music in a way that will really move you. The music is extremely organic, but it has a hypnotic, processed feel to it that gives it a sort of beckoning and foreboding characteristic. The percussion is excellent... tribal, rhythmic beats are placed instead of the overused modern kick hi-hat snare combo we are so used to. The flute is also amazing, and the guitars are simplistic but well used - distorted solos such as those in Riverside would have killed it. Track #2 is what brought me in, and it is the best song on the album. I had never heard anything like it. There was only 2 vocal lines, but the vocals are not the focus, and neither are the instruments. The focus is in the simply amazing sonic atmospheres that are created by all the respective instruments, woven around the listener in complex or beautifully simple arrangements. This is music for headphones, preferably in a dark room, just lay down and become immersed in the warm, chilling, thick atmospheres of this incredible music. Other excellent tracks are "The Final Truth" "Adrift" and the surreal, haunting ambiance of "Where The Darkness is Deepest" My first 5 star rating, and well deserved, an incredible experience!