School of the Flower
On his best, most varied album to date, Ben Chasny AKA Six Organs of Admittance lays down gentle finger picked acoustic instrumentals, free improv tribal craziness, strange songs sung in an elfin pitch that surely drive all the unicorns wild, and tightly controlled drone compositions that veer from minimalist and meditative to crazy guitar freakouts where you feel like ripping off your clothes and running free through the meadow for all eternity.School of the Flower, the Comets on Fire sound effects whiz’s lucky seventh album, is his first for Drag City, and thankfully the first recorded in a real studio. Whether you’re a newcomer to Chasny’s sublime psychedelic folk or were a fan from the get-go and own all the limited editon vinyl, no one could possibly be disappointed with this album.--Mike McGonigal