Like drones in honey
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Edition: 500
Los Angeles-based Farflung have been around since 1994, and their tenth album proves that after almost 30 years, the band still belongs to the most exciting acts international space rock has to offer. Like Drones In Honey is the first Farflung release on Sulatron Records, and it's a perfect fit: eight tracks full of Hawkwind DNA, Zappa humor, psychedelic drones and Kraut-drive. Bizarre, unpredictable and yet always captivating.
Acid Drain opens with growls, film samples and psychedelic fuzz, immediately making it clear what's coming: a band that doesn't fit into any box and shows no mercy. Earthmen Look Alike To Me is cosmic groove with an almost danceable lightness; King Fright and Tiny Cities Made Of Broken Teeth show the harder, alienated side; Touch Of The Lemmings Kiss and A Year In Japan the surreal-experimental. Tommy Grenas, also known from Nik Turner's Space Ritual, The Brain and Chrome, is a frontman who can do it all: whisper, scream, sing, grumble.
The band collective led by Tommy Grenas and Michael Esther consistently makes music for anyone who wants to hear Hawkwind and Zappa in the same sentence.
LP on 180 gram white vinyl made in Germany and limited to 500 copies, including download code!
Farflung are
Tommy Grenas – vocals, guitar
Michael Esther – vocals, guitar, synthesizer
Chris Nakata – bass
Paul Hirschier – drums
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