Smell of Incense — All Mimsy Were the Borogoves
(Colours COSCD 018, 1994, CD)
by Henry Schneider, 1996-01-01:
by Dean Suzuki, 1996-03-01:
If you want to wax nostalgic and hearken back to an era where a faction of psychedelic music was metamorphosing into progressive rock, you might want to check out Smell of Incense. This is not a re-issue; rather the group has an obsession with the mid- to late-1960s. They take from the breezy, West Coast rock sound of that bygone era which combines folk, rock, psychedelia (with some healthy doses of fuzz guitar), Eastern exoticism (vis a vis the use of tablas, sitars and similar indigenous instruments) and the nascent form of progressive rock. One can detect the influence of such divergent groups as the Jefferson Airplane, Moody Blues, Third Ear Band, Pink Floyd (they do a nice version of an old nugget, "Interstellar Overdrive"), and Pentangle, among many others. You can almost smell the patchouli oil wafting out of the speakers. As always, Colours does a magnificent job with their packaging. The three-fold digipak has colorful and appropriate art work with an insert/removable booklet with psychedelic pen and ink drawings and hand written lyrics.Filed under: New releases , Issue 9 , 1994 releases
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