A PEACEFUL NACHT IN HELL

ONE OF THESE DAYS (& Thee Heavy Random Tone Colour Lab)!!! - such a cool band name alone is whacked out enough. And then they hatch a language crossover album title like ... who the hell is cooking this up, eh? At first I thought about a nordic band in some way, but they definitely are from Spain though - four musicians hailing from the A Coruña scene exactly, who have recorded this challenge within three days. And at least guitarist Diego Veiga is well known to me due to his collaboration with the band LÜGER.

Okay, crazy approach, anybody can manage this more or less, one might intervene ... but those chaps can top it with extraordinarily entertaining songs, you should know. So please stay tuned. Designed for a vinyl release most likely the album delivers four extended songs, somewhat 70's retrospective styled, also considering the cover art. They are definitely capable of following in their paragons' footsteps due to a virtuoso style overall. And so The Word Or Instructions For Taking Opium In A Root comes with extracool trombone input and luxuriant organ respectively synth work.

Backed by a simple though very effective synth loop Beautiful Things sees them also experimenting with voice samples. The track title hits the nail right on the head. Further Than You Can Imagine finally constantly moves between spacey ambiance and headbanging drive. This album turns out to be an irresistible affair in four movements, featuring hints from Moonwagon, Diagonal, Hypnos69 and Beardfish. Based on a psychedelic fundament and refined with jazzy and heavy rock portions a pleasant listen again and again.

These Spaniards certainly have a sense of humour with the name of their band and the album's title including the German word for "night". And I know a few people who feel this is a Krautrock album, it certainly has that spirit. Four long tracks over 41 plus minutes then a bonus track worth talking about bringing it to 47 plus minutes. Some horns too but this is keyboards, bass, guitar and drums with the guitarist being the singer and adding Rhodes and synths. Lots of organ mainly from the keyboardist but he also adds moog, synths and theremin.

Two things I've come to realize over the past year and that is that 2013 is a great year for me when it comes to Space Rock and also that Spain has produced some killer psychedelic albums over the years. So this recording has both of those features and it does not disappoint in the least. The Third Movement is interesting the way they integrate a movie scene audibly of course with their music. An intense movie scene between a male and a female goes on for some time.

Vocals on the opener but a killer instrumental section around 8 minutes in with guitar and keyboards leading the way. Before this some good contrasts between the powerful and laid back sections. That second track is pretty cool the way it drifts along with keyboards leading and spacey sounds. It turns intense with horns 2 minutes in then a dark calm 3 minutes in and then it will turn heavy after 5 1/2 minutes.

I really like the 70's vibe to this recording this is one that will get some time from me in the future. A solid 4 stars.