NEWS4U FEBRUARY 2022 | MUSIC
MOOSE Local psych rock band releases second live set from last summer
B
Collective
ack in November, News 4U reported
recorded just two weeks after their live debut.
on an exciting new music project
Here, the guys welcome guitarist Curt Turner
based in improvisation comprising
into the fold who adds another dimension
two members from local pop-punk
to the three improvisational tracks:
outfit Sluice - bassist Mitch
"Intrepid Traveler," "Unidentified
Angle and drummer Chris Dawson - joined by Hayden Crane on guitar and Tayler File on synth/electronics. These
four
musicians,
bound by a love for psych rock and experimentation, had just documented their live
Aerial
Let these recordings melt into your skull like any popsicle would've on that hot ass day in August.
debut via the Fuchsia Fest 8/14/21
Phenomena"
"Altered
Ear
Jam
and II."
The latter builds on the opening jam from the Fuchsia Fest with Crane and Turner dueling it out this time, volleying searing riffs back and forth while Angle and Dawson keep
release which captured 30 minutes of
chugging along like the rhythm section
exhilaratingly spontaneous playing in front of
from German krautrock gods, Can. All the
an appreciative crowd. It was an auspicious
while, File inserts echoing synth runs and film
beginning for Moose Collective with the
samples into the mix, creating an other-worldly
promise of more extended spacey jams to
atmosphere.
come. "Intrepid Traveler" and "Unidentified Aerial And MC have delivered with From the ARTSWIN
Phenomena" are equally impressive - and
Rooftop, another rewarding exploration in sound
wonderfully out there - as wah-wah guitar battles to fend off shards of distortion in a fight to the death. Both tracks are again anchored by Angle and Dawson who always pull MC back from the brink just as musical implosion nears. It's galvanizing, to say the least. As Crane notes, "Let these recordings melt into your skull like any popsicle would've on that hot ass day in August." To listen to and/or purchase From the ARTSWIN Rooftop, visit bandcamp.com and all major streaming platforms.
*album art: Hayden Crane / photo courtesy: Phil Ashenbremer
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