5/16/2023 0 Comments Monster magnet![]() They pair nicely with the cover of TABLE SCRAPS’ Motorcycle (Straight To Hell) which follows. These are two short little rockers which each just top the two minute mark. The band pick up the energy again after that with Situation ( JOSEFUS ) and It’s Trash ( CAVEMEN ). This one’s mellower, with tribal drums, fuzzed-out guitars and the odd sitar part making for pure psychedelic gold. Surely one of the best of all however is the album’s eighth track Death, originally by THE PRETTY THINGS. Destroyer ( POOBAH ) and When The Wolf Sits ( JERUSALEM ) provide two back-to-back slices of vintage psych rock. After a quiet intro, it gains a real sense of urgency with a growling Wyndorf on listeners’ tails. Fifth track Be Forewarned, originally by PENTAGRAM, sees the band take a turn for the menacing. All this only becomes more impressive when you realise Wyndorf is 64 years old – an age he definitely doesn’t sound here.Īs well as a great opening one-two, the album features a particularly strong middle run. BLACKFOOT’s Epitaph For A Head and THE SCIENTISTS ’ Solid Gold Hell. He even shines on songs with less to write home about musically, like the band’s takes on J.D. Whether he’s speaking, singing, shouting or howling, he imbues the record’s every track with a real sense of personality and identity. As has been the case on every release since the band’s debut, at the centre of proceedings sits the inimitable Wyndorf. Each track boasts so much of what we’ve already come to expect from the band – big hard rock riffs, lengthy psychedelic jams and tripped-out lyrics. Indeed, MONSTER MAGNET never seem too far out of their comfort zone on A Better Dystopia. It makes for quite a start to proceedings – the perfect soundtrack to a roaring motorbike ride through a scorching desert. With driving riffs and bluesy guitar soloing, this does exactly what you’d expect in MONSTER MAGNET‘s hands. We may have no idea what he’s on about, but it sets the scene well for the band to kick into a rocking cover of HAWKWIND’s Born To Go. Opener The Diamond Mine sees frontman Dave Wyndorf reciting a crazed psychedelic monologue over a lone guitar. The result is an album which feels just as much a MONSTER MAGNET record as any other.įrom the outset it’s clear we’re in classic MONSTER MAGNET territory on A Better Dystopia. Rather than taking on well-known songs that do little more than draw often disappointing comparisons to their originals, the band have focused on obscure but excellent tracks primarily from the 60s and 70s. While that may have potentially and justifiably prompted a few groans, there’s really no need to worry here. ![]() In a first for the band however, their newest offering, A Better Dystopia, is a covers record. Naturally then, three years since 2018’s Mindfucker, it’s about time we had a new one from the legendary psych rockers. For three decades now, the world hasn’t gone more than three years without a new MONSTER MAGNET record. ![]()
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