Giant Skyflower Band - Blood of the Sunworm (2007)

Giant Skyflower Band are a supergroup of sorts containing various band members from various other "new weird america" psychedelic bands such as the Skygreen Leopards and Flying Cannon. Glenn Donaldson fronts this group and if i hadent found out this album was put out in 2007, i would have guessed that it had been released somewhere from 1969-73. This excellent acid folk album sounds very out of place with all the synthed out shittiness that passes for "freak folk" these days. This dreamy sounding record has great instrumentation which stays true to its late 60's roots with inclusion of traditional pysch instruments like sitar. Donaldson's voice at first was off putting to me, but after a few spins i realized that it fits perfectly with the overall "coming up" mood of the entire album. Some of the best tracks don't even feature his voice and only rely on in your face psychedelic hooks that i would put up there with the best of them from back in the day. Im very surprised that this album hasn't made waves, they really do deserve the recognition.

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