EARTHSONG OF SILENCE

Wax Machine is a band I listened to because their name included machine so I was like oh soft machine reference, yes sir I'll listen to every release of yours! Anyways it doesn't sound like Soft Machine or anything like that. It's more psychedelic like late 60s American Style. There are no keyboards just bass, drums (sounds like bongos almost all the time) guitar and two vocalists.

Track One is just a lil sparse opener, pretty ambient.

Track Two Begins with whispered female/male vocals. It then heads into a chill guitar solo then the vocals come back and the music fades out.

Track Three Video Truth sounds pretty similar to the previous song except it's longer.

Track Four, Sun Dance begins with guitar picking out little staccato notes over bass n drums. As the songs end draws near the flute comes in and energetic guitar chords are panned on one ear.

Time Machine begins with carnival music and equally silly vocals. Easily my least favourite track.

Patterns, track six unfurls with a dreary vibe thanks to the bass guitars gentle shadow which is complimented by the flutes beautiful poem. The later guitar solo which replaces the flute is also quite nice since it's not a distorted hard rock guitar (never is on the album, it actually sounds like the kind of guitar they would use on a fusion record from the 60s/70s). Patterns ends with a nice climax like track four. This song is pretty, perhaps it's doesn't have a lot to say but it makes up for the previous song.

Birdsong starts with quiet "doo doos" then the female singer begins as their voice is held by the bass, stroked by guitar and rubbed by drums. Flute takes its place soon then the guitars head to a period appropriate eastern esque line. This is only for a moment as the vocals return. Once again the eastern piece returns only to be nixed by the arrival of vocals, this time the male joins in. From here the bass line picks up, flute comes in with guitar chords and various trimmings are added. The song fades out when this part finishes.

Turiya sounds like a "rap" song from the sixties that people online call rap but it's more like beatnik poetry over a vaguely ethnic beat. The vocals are replaced by guitar alternating lead with flute which heads into a rhythmic section. Once a new groove is established guitar the leads slowly come back. The songs finish is shouting over the rhythm, not great.

Mysty Mountain is the final song and opens with guitar strumming and bits of flute. Let's just say they should have subbed the flute out for a harmonica because this sounds like the song a hobo plays

Overall this sounds like 1968 American Psychedelic Progressive Rock which I'm not particularly fond of but if you are then don't wait on this album.

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