Ancient Astronauts, by Holy Mountain

Ancient Astronauts

by Holy Mountain

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2.	Luftwizard 05:32	buy track
3.	Ancient Astronauts 04:41	buy track
4.	Star Kings 05:37	buy track
5.	Tokyo 02:23	buy track
6.	Gift Giver 04:50	buy track
7.	100 Years A Day 03:31	buy track
8.	Hollow Hill 07:38	buy track

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Adding a pinch of Sun Ra attitude and a splash of Deep Purple-flavoured keyboards to the trio's signature gumbo of Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix and Iron Monkey, 'Ancient Astronauts' is a quantum leap on from debut mini-album Earth Measures, a six-track manifesto recorded in just 17 hours. Though constructed on similar principles - overdub-free rhythm tracks, "feel" taking priority over technique, wholehearted surrender to The Riff - 'Ancient Astronauts' is more expansive in outlook, its scope multiplied hundredfold.

The role played by sought-after co-pilot Paul Savage (Mogwai, Franz Ferdinand, RM Hubbert et al) - who recorded and produced Ancient Astronauts - suffuses the album's eight cuts, whether the Roland Space Chorus through which Andy McGlone's textural vocals are fed or the aural nirvana that is the monolithic slowdown three-quarters of the way through Star Kings. Perhaps his greatest achievement, though, is building a launchpad from which Holy Mountain can embark on their most ambitious mission yet.

SEAN GUTHRIE

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released April 7, 2014

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