Retro prog; Heavy psych
Latest: Retrieval (2024) to be released Jul 26.
Sacri Monti (2015)
Sacri Monti are a new band from the San Diego area (north near Carlsbad), who play a very aggressive form of heavy psychedelic music. The reality is no one actually performed with this energy in the late 1960's, maybe Blue Cheer at the beginning, but this is far more focused and pertinent. Perhaps filtered even. And while you know Sacri Monti has digested the "stoner" genre in total, they somehow manage to avoid all the pitfalls that befell lesser groups who have tread similar paths. The guitars are heavy on the wah pedal, and the organ is thick as molasses. Killer solos, and compositions that actually seem to be... well... composed. There are no "slabs of fuzz distortion" or "vocals on the 6th whiskey" here. Just south of that actually, which is why it works so well. It's borderline Monster Magnet, but then they reel it back to the year 1970 just in time. "Just in time". Yes, that. Great start and I'm most curious what they come up with next.
---7/28/16
Other albums heard: Waiting Room For the Magic Hour (2019)
7/28/16 (new entry)
Great album. One of the best heavy offerings of 2015.
ReplyDeleteThanks Spyros! Any other new bands in a similar vein to Sacri Monti?
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