RADIO GNOME INVISIBLE VOL. 2 - ANGEL'S EGG

This album finds the band incorporating significant space rock elements (keyboards, guitar), continuing with jazz/psychedelic saxophone and perfecting the rhythm section with hypnotic yet sophisticated bass and drumming. Singing rounds up instruments by joining the atmospherical spheres and quirky jazzy jams. Guitar playing by Hillage steps out of the shadow from the previous album. Not only is its sound raw and still somehow subdued at the same time, it is actually quite varied for a Canterbury band. World music, namely Indian, is recognized in more psychedelic tracks like "Prostitute Poem" or the vocals at the end of the first track. It fits the hypnotic atmosphere well. "Selene" may be the first band ballad but what a trippy sleepy feeling it has. "Oily way" is a great prog rock workout, yet one of the most accessible Gong songs. The good thing about this album is the absence of weak tracks if I omit the one-minute interludes. It is a captivating listening from the start until the end.

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