Voice Of The Seven Thunders - The Blue Comet Mixes

Voice of The Seven Thunders new EP sounds like all the best bits of progressive/classic rock, wedged betwixt some hefty slices of alt rock bread....or summat like that. It has enough quality moments to get any long hair by on a wet night at The Brittania..but who'd want to go there anyway!? It kicks off in proper slaying fashion with a beast of a track called "The Burning Mountain" that sounds like Hawkwind ..if they had just stuck to pot rather than ingesting every drug known to man.Like I mentioned not so long ago, this EP slays the proverbial rock beast. All the tracks have had the remix treatment by Andrew Liles (of Nurse With Wound "fame") and he has added a layer of swoosh and a certain ambience to the proceedings. I was a bit cautious at first, as I'm not really a fan of Nurse With Wound..I find being in the same room as one of their records is a bit like being trapped in a sauna with Harry Redknapp...uncomfortable and violated...not to mention bored stiff . But this record is like a trip back in time to an episode of the Old Grey Whistle Test, its loud and it sounds ace. The playing on this record is top notch, and the progressive nature of the songs give the tracks a sprawling hypnotic quality that I find beguiling. The tracks sometimes have acoustic "passages" that give you time to fully appreciate the riffs and arrangements. The final track "Set Fire To The Forest" is a prime example of the template of this record. Its two parts heavy rock exploration then it winds it way into a slower groove with multi layered vocals and guitars. All in all this is a heady sprawling record that will ease the craving of many rock twats every where. Norman Records understands that these guys have been sighted in Walsall and are going to undergo a medical...We'll keep you posted..