Album of the day: Sungrazer – Mirador

Lovingly pinched from Doommantia: After releasing their impressive self titled début a year ago, Sungrazer return with Mirador, an album packed full of fuzzed out riffs, cosmic bass lines and soothing vocals. If your unaware of Sungrazer, imagine Kyuss mixed with Hawkwind via Jimi Hendrix and your only just scratching the surface.

Although these guys have been around for a short time, they have proved themselves to be a prominent act on the European Stoner Rock scene, touring with the likes of Colour Haze and Rotor on the Up in Smoke Tour, while also performing stand out gigs at this years Roadburn Festival and Stoned From The Underground.

So is the album any good? Yes it bloody is. Since receiving this record, its been on constant spin on my CD player, there is something intoxicating about their dreamlike vocals, and massive yet laid back sound that is highly infectious. Kicking off the album with style ‘Wild Goose’ immediately transports the listener to a cosmic plane, with its soft beat and mellow sounds the listener is instantly placed in the moment, and when the bassy, heavy riff kicks in its difficult not tap your feet and go with the flow.

After a great album opener the band change pace slightly with cheeky instrumental ‘Octo’. Each band member gets time to shine during its brief three-minute running time, from bassist Sander Haagmans laying down a frantic groove to Guitarist/Vocalist Rutger Smeets weaving a hypnotic guitar solo and drummer Hans Mulders pelting of cymbals. It’s a nice change of pace and takes the listener out of their hazy mind-set and shakes them about, before dropping them back into a calm atmosphere with ‘Sea’, another tranquil song rife with rumbling notes and a great crescendoed mid eighth.

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