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Released on November 10, 2014 via Riot Season
Bong released the album of their career this year with Stoner Rock, the new Haikai No Ku album was frankly jaw dropping and having heard a sneak preview of the new 11Paranoias release, I can tell you it is fucking ridiculous. Mike Vest has hit a staggering rich vein of form in 2014 and if those releases aren’t enough, here is another in the form of Blown Out where he’s joined by Matt and Johnny from Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, who themselves just unleashed the stunningly original and heavy Psychopomp. At this point I would like to ask… what the fuck is happening in Newcastle? It’s become the UK’s creative hub for boundary pushing rock bands. Good on the Toon! Anyway, Drifting Way Out Between Suns is being released on Riot Season, a label that boasts a roster that shits over every other label in the universe. Let’s get stuck in!
Drifting Way Out Between Suns is just two tracks, about 20 minutes each, giving us just the right amount of time to sit in an arm chair and be taken to places. There’s little build up before we’re right in the middle of it, what Blown Out are all about, three guys having a rather laid back jam. It’s a trip, but not a crazy freak out trip… it’s one that is based on repetition and the subtle changes to the guitar work is all you need for your mind to be pulled in different directions.
It does actually feel like you are drifting through space on some kind of craft, someone else driving though so all that is left for you to do is kick back and enjoy the amazing view. The rhythm section keep it tight, providing an tremendous platform for Mike to really let go on his guitar. There is all sorts of experimentation going on where he creates all kinds of trippy swirls and distorted magic.
By the time the second track ‘Quantum Shift on Mothership’ finishes you realise the whole thing is deceptively progressive, the overall story is dramatic but the changes happen so slowly you don’t even notice… like the changing of the seasons. Fucking wonderful, think a slowed down version of The Cosmic Dead. It’s like getting a warm hug from the universe, HIGHly recommended!
