An Uncle Roddus Album Review
Early 70's heavy psych rock is the order of the day for this obscure release and a damned fine example of the genre it is too, definitely one of the better ones I have heard so far. Plenty of cool here, rocks out with great fuzz guitar playing and totally cool rockin' songs. That describes the first three tracks . "Auburn Queen" starts with a quantum shift to something a lot slower and a lot lamer for the first 3 minutes before turning into Deep Purple and blasting off to the stratosphere for the middle section and then going a bit weird for the last part.
"Sticky Finger" gets us back on track with some straight out psych before we get to the second epic of the set "Ode To The Silken Men", another organ driven progressive number and perhaps the weakest track here. The last track is an acoustic pop number and finishes the album on a much tamer note than the way it started. Good on them for not just sticking to the formula but mixing it up a bit, but they don't quite pull it off and the album looses momentum on the second half. Rating 3.5/5
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