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Album Review

Ganglians
Monster Head Rock Woodsist Records

Article written by Ged M - Sep 7, 2009

Ganglians: Monster Head Rock

The Sacramento band describe this album, on the Woodsist website, as "pure naive headphone acid pop to drive to". Well maybe it would if you had a death wish, as the Hanger Lane gyratory system would resemble a Damien Hirst swirl painting if this was on the stereo as you approached the first set of traffic lights. But for all other purposes, the psychedelic folkpop is absolutely perfect. There’s a feel of Animal Collective in some of the arrangements, some Fleet Foxes in the harmonies and even a little Vampire Weekend in the high-life guitar frills on ‘Lost Words’ but Ganglians have their own agenda. ‘Valient Brave’ is a rumbling psych-pop thriller that builds like an approaching storm then rains harmonies and little rhythms all over the song while the pastoral ‘To June’ combines the found sounds of cicadas and woodpeckers with soaring multitracked voices. For contrast, they can go from ethereal acid-folk on ‘The Void’ to straightahead folk pop with the swoonsome melodies of ‘Cryin’ Smoke’. It’s another example of superb psych-pop from the Woodsist stable, full of mind-altering arrangements, and brilliant for anything except operating heavy machinery.

Links:
http://www.fuckittapes.com/woodsist.htm
http://www.myspace.com/ganglian