DOS

More helpings from the same psychedelic bowl, 'Dos' picks up from it's eponymously-titled predecessor without blinking, unleashing another five-star torrent of feedback-drenched, motorik-grooved acid-rock. It's almost as if this San Francisoc-based group recorded an epic double-album and then spliced it in half, but, despite the similarities, 'Dos' is still an outstanding slice of 21st century psychedelic rock. Echoes of Neu!, Hawkwind and Dead Meadow can be heard underneath the cyclical din, but in truth Wooden Shjips have shaped a grizzly sound that is very much their own. Both their debut and 'Dos' positively drip with a mystically psychedelic, fuzz-toned blues-rock vibe, which should appeal not only to stoner-rock fans but also to prog-heads, psych-freaks and fans of psychotropic madness. STEFAN TURNER, LONDON, 2010