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Recommended by us on 17th June 2011
...according to our Dave on Thu 16 Jun, 2011.
From the relatively subtle to the ear shattering, it's White Hills' turn to have a go at being reviewed. These guys are well space rock. They fly through different dimensions on a spaceship made from RIFFS. They also have enough going for them that the quieter moments seem to be as important as the pummeling parts. The quieter moments are trippy and effects laden. The louder parts sound like a more lo-fi Hawkwind. The louder stuff is also effects laden but packs a quality punch...a bit like Mel Gibson (...ask his ex wife). The album starts very promisingly and takes you on an adventure into the uncharted territory known as space. It ebbs and flows like a river made of space jizz. It's a heady trip is this album. It sounds rich and layered. The music has a really hypnotic quality. It draws you in with BIG RIFFS and cosmic dynamics. It's sometimes steady, other moments are completely unhinged. It's a real space rock album. It has driving bass and hypnotic drums. Most of this record is like flying through galaxies with nowt but 12 tabs of LSD and Lemmy's disembodied head telling you tales of cosmic folklore. All said and done it's a very good space rock record that will delight psych-rock fans and acid casualties across the galaxy...pass that space bong.
· ‘H-p1’ is the second White Hills album on Thrill Jockey
following their self-titled album and many sold-out vinylonly
releases.
· Musically, ‘H-p1’ expands on the explorations of previous
albums in ambience, noise, and space rock all led by
guitarist Dave W.'s blistering solos.
· This is the most fully realized White Hills album to date
and the one that takes them furthest from their pure space
rock roots.
· Video for ‘The Condition of Nothing’ has premiered on
Pitchfork TV and been covered in many other outlets.
· The band recently performed at SXSW and will also play at
this year’s Roadburn Festival and Austin Psych Fest.
· CD version comes in a 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold
package with 4 page booklet.
· Deluxe 2xLP version comes in a gatefold jacket with
artworked inner sleeves and free download coupon.
· First 500 copies of the LP are pressed on coloured vinyl
(clear with orange streaks)
· “The trio continues down the path to space rock ecstasy
with an arsenal of heavy riffs, stratospheric effects and the
usual pummeling beat tethering things to the ground. Just
as exploratory as their 2010 S/T album, ‘H-p1’ stretches
the spaced template the band has built itself on, adding
the extra push of synths to pull them further into the eye
of prog, metal and sonic fury” - Raven Sings the Blues.
· “One of the years gnarliest psych slabs – a schizophrenic
trip through Acid Mothers Temple riff bludgeon, Boris
chug, shaggy pseudo-grunge, and tender bursts of
formless noise” – Village Voice.
The Condition of Nothing
Movement
No Other Way
Paradise
Upon Arrival
A Need to Know
Hand In Hand
Monument
H-p1
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