Posts Tagged ‘Carlton Melton’

Album of the day: Bardo Pond / Carlton Melton – Split EP

Posted on Friday, November 18th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Soundblab: I missed a chance to see Bardo Pond live recently and I’ve got to say listening to ‘Fallen’, their side of this split release with fellow psychedelic troubadours Carlton Melton, doesn’t help. An incredible, sprawling, 20-minute monolith that reaches those deep down, psychedelic regions that Jefferson Airplane just can’t reach anymore.

This is dense, disorientating music; thick with drones, fucked guitars, flutes (yep, flutes) and distant, spacey vocals from front woman Isobel Sollenberger. The vocals don’t appear until about 15 minutes into the track, so don’t go expecting any sort of recognisable song structure. Bardo Pond make roaming, immersive and trance-inducing pieces that could quite happily go on for hours. It’s an intense and all-consuming ride through the noise-rock underground and one I can’t recommend enough.

As Bardo Pond’s track gradually subsides it’s followed by the equally epic Carlton Melton piece, ‘Slow Growth’. The track fades in with slowly building electronics and a dusty, wind-swept drone; the title couldn’t be more apt. At once soothing and mildly unnerving, Carlton Melton make music for your mind. It’s around the five-minute mark that crunching, doom-rock indebted guitars come in, perfectly balanced with the rather pretty instrumentation now going on in the background. If I were to draw comparisons I’d say there’s something of the Vibracathedral Orchestra’s hypnotic, circling majesty in ‘Slow Growth’.

Continue reading: Bardo Pond/Carlton Melton – Split EP – Review – Soundblab.

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On line Now! Roadburn Festival 2011 Audio Streams of The Atomic Bitchwax, Pharaoh Overlord, Ramesses and Zoroaster Among Others

Posted on Thursday, May 19th, 2011

The latest batch of audio streams from this year’s stellar 16th edition of Roadburn Festival are now only a few quick clicks away. Ready for another round of bands captured in all of their Roadburn glory? Of course you are! And stay tuned for more! Click on the band names ...read more

Roadburn 2011 on YouTube Pt.1 (Thursday, April 14th)

Posted on Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Quite a few Roadburn 2011 performances were captured on video by audience members. Here is a selection of YouTube clips handpicked by Roadburn (Day 1: Thursday, April 14th). Those moments when it was impossible to instantly transport yourself from the Main Room to the Midi Theatre, Green Room or Bat ...read more

Album of the day: Carlton Melton – Country Ways (LP)

Posted on Monday, March 14th, 2011

Praise for Carlton Melton‘s Country Ways from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: There’s no shortage of psychedelic space rock in SF these days: recent Record Of The Weekers Lumerians, the Spyrals,  Wooden Shjips, Sleepy Sun, and these guys, Carlton Melton, not a person, but a quartet, who conjure up epic stretches ...read more

Carlton Melton Live at Roadburn 2011 Audio Stream

Posted on Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Please relive Carlton Melton live at Roadburn 2011, courtesy of VPRO 3voor12. The audio stream has been mixed by Teun van der Velden (Spacejam / Astrosoniq). “We squeeze into the Bat Cave to witness the wonderment of Carlton Melton. These guys know how to do it. Striped down to a three piece ...read more