The Luck Of Eden Hall. Just the name of the band begs you to investigate further (google it and find out more about it's origin), add to that an album calling itself 'When The Clock Starts To Wake Up We Go To Sleep' and everything starts to become unclear.....fuzzy....and psychedelic. This latest album follows on from 2002's 'Subterrene' which heralded a return to the fray for the band after a ten year silence.
The band's take on the psyche experience draws on classic sounds mixed with the work of latterday bands mining the same rich seam to sometimes give you a dense rich tapestry of trance like songs that both drive and drift along at the same time, like'She's Using All The Colours' and 'Sister Strange And The Shuffled Furry Things' and then a more straightforward, but gentler take on acid rock with classic psyche overtones like 'All Else Shall,Be Added Unto You' and 'Mary Ann's Dressed In Peace' is also evident. There are also some darker musings on 'A Child In A Mine' and a song like 'Old Man Realize' almost steps outside of the genre completely.
The Luck Of Eden Hall offer an interesting and absorbing journey into their psychedelic world. They arrange and layer some songs carefully, but also make a point of using simpler musical motifs elsewhere so that the sonic experience is varied and not ever tiresome for the listener. 'When The Clock Starts To Wake Up We Go To Sleep' is a successful mixture of old and new psychedelia very capably written, arranged and played, with careful production and crystal clear recording adding to a very satisfying listening experience.
Reviewed By Kevin Wallbank.
1 All Else Shall Be Added Unto You 2 Mary Ann's Dressed in Peace 3 Old Man Realize 4 Bus Stop Daisy 5 We Go to Sleep 6 Cinnamon Mary and Her Skeleton Cane 7 The Time Has Come 8 Beautiful Girl On the Radio 9 She's Using All the Colors 10 Down in Mexico 11 Just Can't Compromise My Security 12 A Child in a Mine 13 Sister Strange and the Stuffed Furry Things
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