1000 Mods: Vultures
1000 Mods is an odd name for a psych/stoner band but don't let that fool you, these dudes punch out the riffs like they've been doing it their whole lives. You can hear the old school influences pulsing throughout the album, but that's not to say it's all old school... sure you can hear some Blue Cheer or Hawkwind and even Sabbath in there, but there's a lot of the new school psychedelia going on here too, such as Colour Haze or Orange Goblin and even Kyuss at times. Vultures is full of large modern sounds dripping with the acid fuzz of the early era of psych rock.
Every track on Vultures is just about as groovy as it gets the happy psychedelic riffs bounce around your speakers like you're front row at a phish concert, then there's the monsterous heavy riffs they have that pull you back down to earth and punch you in the guts. While they all have that sound that is inherently 1000 Mods, there isn't anything that makes you go “well hey wait a sec this sounds like that track from before” it's a very well spaced, timed and written album, no recycled riffs here.
I really love the slow and menacing openings that happen in a few tracks on this album, they sound awesome and set up the coming thunderstorm perfectly, this is most prevalent on “Vultures” the namesake to the album, which also pounds in to one of the best head moving riffs on the album. The opening track “Claws” starts with a clean sounding guitar that made me think that this might have been a post rock album but to my surprise it kicked in to the classic fuzz sound that is synonymous with psych rock and really blew me away, I was hooked from start to finish with this album, 1000 Mods have really created a strong album steeped in the old school but dipped in the gooey modern flavour, an instant classic!
Pros:
Classic sound, modern usage.
Awesome riffs and solos
They don't push the issue, they aren't looking to stress you out or nothing man, they just want to entertain you.
Cons:
For me something about the vocals sounded to uniform, some more variation would be great.
Overall Impression:
This is an awesome album, has all of the ingredients I love, such as heavy riffs, awesome solo's, catchy as hell and that head moving flavour. This is the perfect album to have on while you're working on your big block in the shed!
Track List:
Claws
Big Beautiful
She
Horses' Green
Low
Vultures
Modesty
Reverb of the New World
Total Running Time: 38:50
Line-up:
Dani - Bass & Vox
Giannis - Guitars
George - Guitars
Labros - Drums
Genre: Psychedelic Rock/Stoner Metal
Release Date: 30th May 2014
Label: The Lab Recs
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