The Harvest [CD] (ONLINE ORDER ONLY)

New album by Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard. now known simply as MWWB. The Harvest is the bands fourth album, and it is shot through with the trademark heavy MWWB sound, and their unique blend of metal and shoegaze. However it also sees the band adding more experimentation, a progressive approach, and going a bit more left field conceptually. Nine tracks flowing into one another. Space age riff monsters segueing into shorter musical interludes, where John Carpenter rubs shoulders with Pink Floyd and a maelstrom of moog and mellotron. There are surprises, and of course a bucketload of heavy shit. Oblok Magellana and its spooky atmospherics set the scene. before things really kick in with the riffs of The Harvest. A grooving Sabbathian chug intros Jessica Ball - her voice simultaneously sweet yet dark; almost neofolk. Interstellar Wrecking is a nugget of John Carpenter-esque drama, Logic Bomb is a fat fuzzed-up ride through light and shade guitar/vocal interplay. Betrayal with its freaky spoken word and four on the floor kick its almost a dance track. Altamira is epic, adding large doses of psych into a melodic concoction of dreampop and metal. Lets Send The Bastards Whence They Came is another little gem. A plaintive repeating synth figure that builds with bass, drums, mellotrons and synths into Strontium which rounds off the albums heavy numbers. Finally Jessica strips things back to a distorted guitar and voice on Moonrise. MWWB are a thrilling proposition. They demonstrate that you can seamlessly mix crushing power, experimentation and delicate vulnerability into something that transcends any genre. Side A 1. Oblok Magellana 2. The Harvest 3. Interstellar Wrecking 4. Logic Bomb 5. Betrayal Side B 1. Altamira 2. Let's Send These Bastards Whence They Came 3. Strontium 4. Moon Rise

• Format Detail: CD
• Format: CD
• Genre: Rock