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STUNDUM

Papir

 

Psychedelic/Space Rock

3.95 | 18 ratings

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Mellotron Storm
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4 stars PAPIR's second album is a doozy. This Danish trio released their 31minute debut the year before they released this almost 80 minute tour de force in 2011. It's really cool that fellow Danes CAUSA SUI got involved with "Stundum" helping PAPIR in different ways I'm sure as Jonas Munk records and produces this album and future ones as well along with CAUSA SUI's drummer Jakob Skott doing the cover art design and layout. He also will do this for future PAPIR albums except for the one PAPIR did with ELECTRIC MOON called the "Papermoon Sessions" where ELECTRIC MOON's bassist Komet did it as she has her own design company called LULU.

Pretty cool too that all three PAPIR members have been a part of ORESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE. I was reminded too of that ZONE SIX live record called "Live Wire" which is so trippy with some powerful outbursts of course but the emphasis is on the atmosphere and mood often with beautiful sounding guitar leads. "Stundum" is a lot like that. The guitar certainly comes in a variety of styles and tones here and this recording "sounds" really good.

The closer "Tuesday #2" is the most mellow of the lot being very spacey with all that atmosphere. Love the picked guitar and cymbals to open the album on "Sunday #1" while the synths and bass join in as well. The guitar starts to solo around 5 minutes in. So good. More mellow stuff before we get some power late. "Saturday" opens with the wind blowing fairly hard before a Reggae rhythm kicks in followed by guitar of the same style. Catchy stuff but it doesn't stay this way but themes are repeated so see you later on. Different guitar styles on this one and it clocks in at over 14 minutes.

"Monday" is one of my favourites as it builds with those urgent bass lines and drums as the guitar starts to make some noise. Man that bass is getting nasty 4 minutes in and the guitar is taking no prisoners. A long calm after 5 1/2 minutes and it starts to rebuild around 12 1/2 minutes with some gorgeous sounding guitar. "Sunday #2" is another really good tune with repeated guitar melodies which I like. A lot of trippy music here too and the guitar is just lighting it up before 5 minutes and later as well around 13 minutes when it turns powerful. A lot of jamming on "Tuesday #1" but that's not new here with five of these tracks being very long between 14 and 20 minutes.

Just a very enjoyable listen but a long one. A very solid 4 stars and an improvement on the debut that I really liked. And please check out Guldbamsen's review.

Mellotron Storm | 4/5 |

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