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LAST DAY OF SUNKalutaliksuakPsychedelic/Space Rock3.78 | 19 ratings |
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Psychedelic and spacey, eerie and quirky - such is the atmosphere in a land without sun; such is the
mood prevalent in Kalutaliksuak's album, Last Day Of Sun, depicting this very phenomenon of two
day-less months in northern regions of the globe. At times sounding like a long jam played over a
pre-conceived theme, the long title track, divided into five parts, is an engulfing sonic voyage
through weird and ominous soundscapes. It is not, however, developed into too high a plane as I
would have liked it. Once it reaches its top levels it seems to linger there, though it does go
wild, as the guitar and bass seem to be all over the place with their seemingly-aimless playing and
the keyboards providing a "sheet" of smooth sound, serving as the quiet support for the rest of the
instruments.
But it feels more like a jam/improvisation session than a fully explorative and fully developed
composition. Not that I dislike it, but then I would be more excited about it. As such it does
provide a nice "freak-out" psych aural adventure which is best suited for late night listening and
in the proper "wanting to get away" mood. The peaks the music gets to during the five parts are well
done and would go well in any krautrock/space/psych-theme listening night. The sporadic use of
vocals and flute serves to reinforce the mystical element of the music and the peculiar and even
creepy nature of this piece, befitting the name of the band and its meaning ("a malicious ice-deity
in Esquimaux mythology"). This title track, altogether clocking at around 50 minutes delivers very
well the feeling of being stranded without a sun for a couple of months; the constant dark, the
feeling of being "abandoned" in the cold northern winter; the yearning for the light to come back to
the world. It is a powerful experience, fierce and trippy.
The other 3 tracks on the album are not any different than what came before. Continuing the spacey
and psychedelic journey, surrounded by a wall of sounds, they provide the same rather slow and grim
style of before. Not only is the rhythm mostly slow or moderate, but the development of the music is
done leisurely as well most of the time. The second track "She Who Knows" is a good example of this.
If you're up for a freak-out session, if you're tired and need a good portion of psych-rock to gain
back your strengths or if you're just the kind of person who likes the sorts of vibes the music I
described above gives you, then you should check it out. As for me, I like it quite a lot, but I
wish that in their future release they'll opt for a more focused and less jam-y style.
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