Baba Yaga’s Hut have been putting on some absolutely stonking gigs in Corsica Studios over the last 6 months. I attended the Zeni Geva and the Acid Mother Temple events late last year and they were both ridiculous. This time Portland psychedelic rockers Eternal Tapestry were doing their thing armed with London noise rockers Hey Colossus in support, it promised to be a top night of family entertainment.
Hey Colossus launched themselves at us with ‘Oktave Dokkter’ from the monstrous new album Cuckoo Live Life Like Cuckoo, heads were bobbing immediately. They really have become a class act over the last few years and you do feel like this is their prime. All of a sudden we had ‘The Drang’ swirling round our brains which sounded absolutely amazing, helped by the top notch sound system that Corsica Studios has to offer.
At this point in the proceedings they sound like an earth shattering doom band, there’s shit loads of guys in the band who are all bobbing their top halves to the crunching riff whilst the vocalist either snarls intensely or turns around and plays with one of the many gadgets on display. Most of the set was from the new album and of course the absolute belter ‘Hot Grave’ was thrown into the mix which made the audience scream with brutal, brutal joy. Great set from a great band.
Things got a little more chilled for the Eternal Tapestry set but what they lack in heaviness, they certainly make up for in trippyness. They have an interesting setup, including a saxophone player and maybe even more gizmos and gadgets than Hey Colossus.
I’m going to be honest, I could not name you one song they played but it was unbelievable. I have a feeling this band can just turn up and play whatever the hell they like and it comes out sounding like it was conjured by a psychedelic God. This was a completely unrecognisable set compared to their set supporting White Hills a few years back.
At times they sounded like a straight kraut band like Neu! teleported in from the 70s, there was wonderful soft little electric noises flying all over the room whilst the crowd caught them and smiled like there was no tomorrow. Another top night put on by Baba Yaga’s Hut, they really are putting on some mind melting gigs so my advice would be to get down to Elephant and Castle at the next opportunity and fill your brain with trippy wonder.
