COTTONWOODHILL

Brainticket

Krautrock

3.80 | 205 ratings

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SaltyJon
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Well what a trip this one is...

That seems to be the general point everyone is putting across here. Cottonwoodhill is a lot of things, and none of them are "normal", whatever passes for normal these days. All I know is that this album is NOT normal. What it is though, is very fun, and probably one of the most psychedelic albums ever recorded.

The album starts off kind of deceptively. The first two tracks, while still psychedelic and just a bit off center, are close enough to "normal" to please most listeners. Both of them have some great rhythm/groove going on. The acid really kicks in on Brainticket Part One, though, and doesn't let up until the end of the album. The whole Brainticket epic is based around a repetitive organ/guitar riff and some backing percussion, and along with these we've got Dawn Muir excitedly spouting some sort of drugged-up nonsense over everything and crazy samples of everything from broken glass to Beethoven. I was turned onto this album thanks to Part One being available to listen to here...I listened to it over and over and over again, just loving the way the whole thing grooved along. It was only preparation for the true adventure of listening to the whole piece, though. This epic really messes with your head if you let it. Listening to it through headphones is especially fun...it's kind of like being half asleep and hallucinating.

If you're looking for one of the most bizarrely psychedelic albums ever recorded which still (usually) sounds like music, I highly recommend this one. It's definitely a divisive album, as I'm sure a lot of people will really hate it, but it's a minor Krautrock legend in my mind.

SaltyJon | 4/5 | 2010-11-26

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