Recorded,mixed and mastered in St.Petersburg (Russia) during January 2012 - June 2013
Music and lyrics by Kamille Sharapodinov
Sound: Sergey Ryltsev
Artwork, illustrations and design: Sophia Miroedova
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First bite “Welcome to the club” hits right into my taste, some banjo and slide guitar give this song a southern touch, a nice appetizer indeed. “Slave of two masters” is a fuzzed out rock song that is topped off with a schizoid-keyboard and has serious jamming going on in the middle. The vocals smell very West-coast, not really my favorite but they don`t dominate the sound and that is fine by me.
“I know” is a song which has a very soft flavor but the aftertaste is something really familiar. Could that progression have a hint of British cuisine? All in all a good easy going song, perfect to warm me up for the first dish of the main course “Punkadelia Supreme “. Here it all comes together for the first time; intro swells into Fu Manchu going punk-stoner, a touch of SOAD vocal melody before the keyboards go “mars attacks”, and an end that has some spice to it. Now that my mouth is watering like the Niagara Falls, they bring on a plate dubbed “Street Credit”, consisting of some heavy riffing and a west-punkie chorus, a Caribbean surprise in the middle and an organ is pulled in for that extra flavor. The solo on the end removes all doubts I had about the British cuisine, these dudes love Iron Maiden and twin guitar madness never fails to please me.
Next Up, our Russian Chef`s present me an oriental- psyched cassoulet on “Space Orchid vs. the Massive Drumkit” (I gotta burn one to that title), followed by “Dropping Aitches” which is a pretty standard easy rocker with some piano jam in the center. King Buzzo jumps in the kitchen to help cook “Feels Like Home” and on “Cross The Rubicon” the influence of Chefs Murray, Smith and Gers is thrown into a blender with fuzz-sludge riffs, coated with an arsenal of guitar fx. “The King Has Left The Building” is the last dish of the main course and has an almost rockabilly-Setzer touch to it, served with some Manzarek organs. Alright comrades, bring on the dessert.
“Visualize” starts of as a marshmellow sweet campfire hymn, followed up by rocksteady riffing with a mid-punk filling, finished off with a pure stoner-rocknroll glazing. (notice the maidenesque acoustic end). Our chef`s try to “Score” one more time again by throwing everything which passed on the table one more time in a blender : Fuzzy guitars, wacked out keys, catchy vocal lines, a touch of oriental sweetness, a crumble of metalized Db-drums, fat solo and again that British flavor. To perfectly end this orgy of rock-cuisine, they offer of a Hendrix-like degustif called “Intermission”.
The verdict of the Gourmet: Kamil and his team really know their craft. They have mastered their instruments and present an elegant mix of of their influences. A lot of hard work is presented in “Punkadelia Supreme” and the passion for the art blows out the speakers. Will it earn them a golden dish and ensure them a place in the hall of fame for the next hundred years? In my opinion, no. Even if I am a guitar lover and there is plenty of six-string craftsmanship on the menu, they rely too much on classic recipes + as I said earlier, I am not a big fan of the vocal style. But then again, it is up to you to decide, one cannot argue about taste.
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