You search the skies in hope of spotting a sign of some new sonic luminary, some fresh band who will touch your soul with the same glorious caress that has endeared you to Hawkwind or Pink Floyd. Here are a few you might enjoy. Oceans of swimming synthesizers lull you into an outburst of shrill guitar pyrotechnics, supported by demanding and thunderous drums and sultry basslines. There is often quite a grandeur to the flowing electronics, from the bubbling chirps to the swirling aerial gymnastics to the unmistakable firing-up of FTL spaceship drives. Rhythm guitars crash in overlapping waves, pounding their sparkling riffs into your backbrain.
Organic lyrics swap with sampled snippets, but the music is generally undisturbed by vocal content.
No deficiency there, for the tuneage is quite stunning and dramatic, whether pursuing ambient muses or power chord assaults. These are breath-taking auralscapes, abounding with numerous teeth and saturated with ample passion. Many of the songs are structured with atmospheric lead-ins, building to incandescent explosions of space rock brilliance. This is hot tuneage, burning like a stellar core. There are as many clever breaks and savage hooks in this music as there are stars in the heavens.