Liquid Earth – vicious circle
Origin: Vienna / Austriah
Release: 21.10.2022
Label: Electric Fire Records
Duration: 43:42
Genre: Instrumental Heavy Psych Rock
Liquid Earth indulge in instrumental psychedelic rock. The trio from Vienna was founded in 2015 and started three years later Slow Grown her debut.
As you can see from the band name and the titles, they are not only dedicated to the music, but also to the beer. Although they probably have the rogue in the neck, they take their musical vision seriously and offer us a mixture of Spacelords and Howling Giant on. There is also an unexpected charge of Doom – but more on that later.
The morning following
I admit that I didn’t know the band’s debut and that I expected a bitter, drunken music. Already the opener indicates that I don’t have to fear any headaches. Of course starts hangover breakfast leisurely, but it sounds crystal clear and ultra-heavy from the speakers.
I’ve never felt like this on a morning following. But the band seems used to the hangover and packed a lot of ideas into the track. The trio uses all the possibilities of electronic sound distortion and so it sounds playful at times and then presses your ears once more with barrel-heavy riffs. The opener hangover breakfast might you HERE and listen to it with a beer in your hand.
Tunnel driller intoxicated
But I didn’t expect it to go on like this. The name intoxicated is already an announcement, but it leads astray. While too much alcohol leads to rather uncontrolled results for me, the band grooves through the song like a tunnel drill through the Alps. Of course, the guitar always has a leading role and throws around beautiful solos. But this sound structure wouldn’t work without the tight rhythm section. As expected, Vollrausch ends with heavy swaying and fuzzy effects.
Instrumental bands are only as good as their ideas, which keep the concept alive and promise variety. The bass can join us Filmriss initially vibrate before the guitar takes over once more. After regarding two minutes there is a break and the stoner number takes on a doomy face. Again and once more the song plays with us and disappears with acoustic guitar in the fog.
Steamroller Reef and Dinosaurs
The meaning of the title Brettwoman doesn’t make sense to me, but the band lets the instruments do the talking anyway. The song crawls towards us dark and heavy. Time doesn’t seem to matter, because in the first third a real brute heavy riffing breaks in on us. Despite a break, the song remains dark, becomes a bit more playful in the middle part and ends in a steamroller riff that overwhelms everything.
Brettwoman is definitely not light fare with its fifteen minutes. Those who are only interested in psychedelic Stoner Rock due to the beginning of the album will get a doomy full service here.
Sounds once morest the heaviness just heard rosenofen almost relaxed. After all Liquid Earth can surprise and throw new ideas into the ring. The pace picks up and in rosenofen oriental melodies are cleverly woven into it. Everything intensifies, the drum cymbals almost rustle and the bass runs like a dinosaur on line. To top it off, a fuzzy guitar rages on atmospheric carpets of sound.
It only remains to mention that vicious circle not only digital and as a stream, but also as a DigiPak and in two versions as vinyl awaits us.
Conclusion
Liquid Earth offer us more than fuzzy psychedelic stoner rock. vicious circle has an excellent production and is bursting with ideas, enthusiasm and heaviness. The band knows how to integrate light fare just as well as a doomy chunk à la Brettwoman. Well done. 8,5 / 10
Line Up
Lukas Jaeger – bass
Sebastian Krems – drums
Thomas Steinschauer – guitar
Tracklist
01. Hangover breakfast
02. intoxicated
03. Filmriss
04. Brettwoman
05. Rosenofen
Links
Facebook Liquid Earth
Instagram Liquid Earth
Bandcamp Liquid Earth
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