Tee Pee Records
Psychedelic Rock
It’s not a joke. It’s more straight translation. When you’re the owl that acts weird you’re probably the Weird Owl. The soaring depths and heights this nocturnal five-piece from Brooklyn, NY will take you is evident on their latest release, “Ever The Silver Cord Be Loosed.”“Mind Mountain” starts this journey with a swirling slow-motion sound. While vocals are simple and stark, the lyrics are the voyage. Keep climbing the rock, and then roll with the earth because the sound is very grounded. It is Indie-cana music. Take “13 Arrows and 13 Stars” for example. It’s where Jack White sold his soul to Geronimo, and in a true butterfly effect, this song was born. Salted with a steady beat, peppered with haunting guitars and chanted like a shaman, the ghosts of Little Big Horn live on. Still traversing this landscape of lo-fi tribalism. The guitars throughout this album drip with Jell-O of wah and a reverb of fuzziness that seem odd yet never out of place. Neil Young’s famous band Crazy Horse managed to define the feeling of being in the heart of modern psychedelics and the comfort of flannel shirts. May the ghosts of the ancient past bridge the present with the help of ever-present Weird Owl sitting atop.
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