From
Copenhagen, Denmark, The
Sonic Dawn play a late 60s/early 70's influenced brand of
Psychedelic Blues.
Sweet soul and classic Psychedelic methods pervade
Perception, The Sonic Dawn’s debut
album, and the
Copenhagen trio of guitarist/vocalist Emil
Bureau, bassist Neil
Bird and drummer
Jonas Waaben find an easy, spacious flow through songs that, despite being relatively straightforward, retain an expansive feel.
Shades of
Jimi Hendrix and
The Doors make themselves felt early on, but Bureau’s voice shifts smoothly into and out of falsetto and the tonally The Sonic Dawn seem immediately in search of their own identity.
The album kicks off with An
Easy Heart To
Break, a classic 70's influenced
Blues Rock number that brings to mind a cool grooving and tastefully melodic
Cream, but also has a trippy drifting Psychedelic instrumental break.
Lonely Parade features spirited and still Bluesy Psychedelic swing with soulful vocals and an awesomely trippy finale. All
The Ghosts I Know cranks out Psychedelically soulful Funk-Blues with a spiritually uplifting kick and periods of tranquilly spacey drift. And
Black Cat Women drinks from the waters of the
Mississippi Delta.
The
Mustang is a high energy slab of 60s Freakbeat and
Soul with a detour into
Indian inspired sitar drenched
Psych. Lots happening in a mere four minutes!
Wild At Heart is a thematic roller coaster ride that juxta-flitters between 60s B-Western flick soundtrack, swinging boogie-woogie Psych-Blues
Rock and heavy jamming spaced out Psychedelic-Soul.
Watching Dust Fall has a flowing atmospheric vibe that accompanies this spacey Psych-Blues rocker, and if this were released in the late 60s would have been my hands down pick for a single.
It’s totally trippy and has a catchy flowing melody which in that era would have meant
Pop potential. And Fading Soul retains the band’s Blues-Rock core but uses that as the foundation for an emotive singer-songwriter crooner with a Prog-like compositional flair.
Buy this album.
Neo-psychedelic music of this quality is rare, and The Sonic Dawn really cashes in on the nostalgia from the mid
1960s on this one.
Sometimes I'm reminded of The Doors, other times Jimi Hendrix, etc. All this record needs is scratchy vinyl sound effects to fit squarely within the era it honors.
Excellent stuff!
1. An Easy Heart to Break - 0:00
2. Lonely Parade - 3:45
3.
All the Ghosts I Know - 7:00
4. The Mustang - 12:00
5. Black Cat
Woman - 16:09
6.
Wild at Heart - 18:55
7.
It's Tomorrow - 24:32
8.
Howlin'
Moon - 26:30
9. Watching Dust Fall - 29:53
10. Fading Soul - 34:52
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THE
SONIC DAWN © & ℗
2015.
Released on CD/LP by
Nasoni Records,
Berlin. Distributed by
Clear Spot International.
- published: 03 Mar 2016
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