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ALL MIMSY WERE THE BOROGOVES

Smell Of Incense

 

Prog Folk

3.84 | 26 ratings

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toroddfuglesteg
3 stars Smells like a compilation album.........

The Norwegian band Smell Of Incense's debut album is a strange mix of proto prog, space rock, folk rock and only god knows what. The variations between the songs are pretty huge. Hence, it feels like this album is a compilation album with several bands instead of a mostly cover album with one band.

Smell Of Incense does cover versions of Pink Floyd, Peter Hammel and some other artists here. Their cover versions is said to be original and not true renditions of the original versions. Which off course is fine. The result is both some of spaced out pieces of melodies and some easy folk rock tunes. But mostly; this is hippie rock with plenty of vintage organs, vintage guitars and ditto vocals. This album is a trip to outer space, in short.

The quality is good throughout and the music stays interesting throughout. The Pink Floyd cover is the best song here. The rest is good too. The diversity of the material is my main gripe with this album. That and the lack of some really great tracks. I am neither a passionate detractor or a lover of this album. It is a good effort and that's it. This album is recommended to all space freaks out there and to the aliens.

3 stars

toroddfuglesteg | 3/5 |

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