THE GIANT HOGWEED ORCHESTRA
Psychedelic/Space Rock • Finland
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In case you're wondering, neither the band's name nor their music bear any relation to GENESIS. This all-instrumental Finnish quintet produces highly guitar-dominated material that has the fluidity of PINK FLOYD, the intensity of PORCUPINE TREE and the obsessive rhythmics of OZRIC TENTACLES. The band, who uses no synthesizer whatsoever, consists of two electric guitarists (Antti Aalto and Mika Muinonen), a bassist (Turo Sinkkonen), a drummer (Jaako Kakko) and a flute player (Jyri Traskelin). Some of them contribute acoustic guitar and piano whereas additional guests supply bits of mellotron and trumpet on their only album to date.
Their one (eponymous) album is a combination of symphonic space rock and art rock with hints of jazz fusion and space metal. Over the three epic pieces that dominate the 6-track album, the twin guitars soar, duel and strike with amazing firepower, challenging each other as well as the flute, bass and drums; the music can also be very melodic and flow most beautifully. The rhythm section, produced to perfection, sounds crisp and solid, but it's the guitar work that takes center stage and will delight fans of early HACKETT, early WISHBONE ASH and DJAM KARET alike. A brilliant piece through and through.
Highly recommended to anyone into classic symphonic space rock.
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The Giant Hogweed Orchestra Psychedelic/Space Rock
Review by
Mellotron Storm
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"Arabia" is a short intro track consisting of gently played acoustic guitar. Now that we are warmed up we are ready for "Spirals". It starts slowly with spacey sounds with no real melody until 3 minutes in when a very pleasant, laid back melody of light drums and flute arrive. The sound becomes more aggressive and fuller later in the song.
"Terastulli" is a heavier song with some nice piano early and some enjoyable drumming 4 minutes in. Great raw guitar solo 5 minutes in followed by some trumpet as the song slows right down. It kicks back in before 8 minutes and pounding drums end the ride. "Pelham" has a Post-Rock feel to the guitar as flute and light drums come in. "Halogen" is the longest track. The first section is mellow with light drums, flute and guitar melodies. It changes with more of a beat after 11 minutes. A prolonged moog solo is for me annoying. The latter part of the song is so relaxed until it gets a jump start after 18 minutes. "Exit" is an appropriate concluding song title and it features a lot of gentle flute melodies.
3.5 stars. A good record that didn't click with me like a lot of other Psychedelic bands have been lately. A good record anyway.
The Giant Hogweed Orchestra Psychedelic/Space Rock
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