Expo '70 - Awakening

We got a bunch of stuff in this week from Expo 70 including his brand new album Awakening. Well it's not a new album... it's a reissue of an old cassette that came out on Sloow Tapes back in 2009. But it's a new album to us as we've not had it before! It's an old school release as well as it's out on LP, CD and cassette! I can't remember the last time we had that happen. Here Mr Wright takes us on two druggy sonic explorations over two sides of an LP, two sides of a cassette or one side of a CD. The A side has a pulsing drum machine that throbs along like a limping man with a sturdy erection. Aside the metronomic beat you get some synthy sounding proggy business which sounds awesome. It really builds up nicely! Then about half way through the drums drop out and you're left with lots of synth exploration. The flipside has a guitar as the beat holds it all together with the usual synthy wooshy sounds in the background making you feel all spaced out. If you're into long mantric pieces of music then look no further as there's rhythms and beautiful sounding synth noises all over this beauty. It's chongtastic...