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| 4.5 superb | Matthias812 | February 20th 19 |
Impressive! Claypool and Lennon deliver 60's psych/70's prog like it belongs in 2019. Will easily land in my top 5 by year's end.
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| 2.0 poor | olisz | November 15th 22 |
I can't explain why, but this sound just doesn't appeal to me at all.
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| 4.5 superb | Deadwing2112 | December 11th 19 |
Had the Beatles follow the road traveled by George Harrison, this is the album that would have been inevitably produced. Wildly weird, wonderful and psychedelic to the max. The vocals performed by Sean Lennon powerfully evoke and emulate his late father.
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| 3.5 great | Chino smoking it up! | April 30th 19 |
A more psychedelic The Beatles with a genius bass player. A little too goofy...a common flaw in the genre. Still a great listen.
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| 3.0 good | cjbizzlebizzle | April 10th 19 |
Psychedelic rock with some proggy/artsy styling as Sean Lennon provides vocals that mimic his father's and Les Claypool's brings his signature bass flair, the latter being less effective than the former. 'South of Reality" is an up and down affair with the obvious highlights being Blood Rockets and Amethyst Realm. The rest of the tracks are pretty good but sometimes the duo gets too outright goofy for its own good with the play fullness failing to add anything valuable to the experience; the lyrics can especially be tough to swallow at times (Boriska, Easily Charmed by Fools for ex.). Going into this record the Claypool bass might be highly anticipated but in the end it doesn't always meld in with the very psychedelic guitars and vocals and at times feels downright thrust into the forefront of the mix just because it is Les Claypool, a bit more restraint would have gone a long way here. Heavy Beatles vibes but the band does explore the proggy sides of psych rock allowing songs to wander and develop with less adherence to traditional song structure. Cool for a few listens but as one grows more fond of Lennon's contributions to the mixture Claypool's feel more and more out of place.
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| 4.0 excellent | lurxy | June 22nd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | March 26th 22 |
| 3.5 great | fifek | January 3rd 22 |
| 3.5 great | Brabiz | October 19th 20 |
| 1.5 very poor | gschwen | January 22nd 20 |
| 3.5 great | Mojito | January 16th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | nadryv | December 1st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Slowdiiv | September 24th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | gk1979 | July 7th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | xxm | May 26th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Daesu | April 28th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Jips | April 10th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | Radex | April 4th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Faraudo | March 4th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Savage | February 28th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Akifexx | February 25th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | ghworin | February 25th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Keira | February 24th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Nope6 | February 23rd 19 |
| 3.0 good | Simon K. STAFF | February 23rd 19 |
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