Messages From The Mothership
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Edition: 150
Sulatron Records is delighted to announce the release of the tenth album by english cult band Sun Dial!
Sun Dial is the band surrounding guitarist and vocalist Gary Ramon, who first began releasing recordings in the 1980s under the name The Modern Art. After assembling a permanent live lineup in 1990, he renamed the band Sun Dial.
The new album Messages From The Mothership deals with a UFO sighting that Gary Ramon experienced at the age of fourteen, particularly on the B-side of the LP. Musically, the album moves between early Pink Floyd, King Crimson and Hawkwind, and is at times reminiscent of Sun Dial's debut album Other Way Out, which many fans consider a milestone for the band.
The previous studio album, Science Fiction, released on CD and LP via Sulatron Records in 2018, was significantly more electronic in nature, leaning heavily toward Krautrock sounds and even omitting vocals entirely. With Messages From The Mothership the band now returns to the sound for which they have been cherished for decades which is guitar-driven psychedelic rock with slightly distorted and modulated vocals. Hammond and Vox organs, Mellotron and synthesizers provide additional accents without pushing the signature guitar sound into the background. Unlike Science Fiction or Gary Ramon's side project Quad, which is entirely devoted to cosmic-electronic sound research, the focus here is once again on the rock band.
The A-side of the LP compiles compact songs, each possessing the potential of a standalone 7" single. The B-side contains the longer, psychedelically progressive compositions. It is here that a colorful, kaleidoscopic world of sound unfolds, one that is bound not only to delight longtime Sun Dial fans but also to win over numerous new listeners to the band.
LP pressed on 180 gram multicolor splash vinyl, made in Germany and limited to 150 copies!
Sun Dial are
Gary Ramon - Vocals, guitars, Hammond organ, Vox Continental
Scorpio - Bass, Moog, Taurus, Percussion
Cleo Ramon - Mellotron, Moog filters, Jupiter 6
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