MP3: Elope - Black eyed citizen
When a band touted as the world's most mellow stoner rock act releases an acoustic album, you know the experience is gonna be waaaay chill. Elope's "9 distilled dreams" is billed as the dreamier, more folksy companion to last year's more upbeat "3WD", but since I never heard that record, I can't compare. All I know is that this new one is one of the most relaxed, easy-going records I've heard in some time. Thankfully, that's relaxed without being tepid, though it is easy to let the record's 35-minutes slip by with nary a notice. Pleasant and undemanding, but almost to the point of where I have to force myself to pay attention. It's main virtue is also to its detriment. It's cool, but I think I prefer my 70s stoner rock drenched in fuzz.
Elope - Black eyed citizen