\"ZOFFF are all about light and shade, and the dynamic movement from the subtlest curlicues of gentle sound to the full raging storm of sonic attack, and back again. On their second studio album ‘FFF’ the south coast psychedelic five piece serve up six tracks of improvised instrumental experimentation that blend seamlessly into a consistent whole: a trip, if you will, from First Faltering Feelings to Final Full-blown Freak-out.
'Ye' assembles around a lonesome trumpet overture, before the drums and dirty fuzz guitar kick in and we're off, with no messing around and no ambient noodling: direct to the cranium and the groove with high-energy space rock reversing the polarity and shaking out the ghosts. 'Vav' takes it up another notch: tense and urgent, it climaxes in Coltrane-like sheets of sound over double-time drumming, before 'Har' arrives at a relatively gentle pace, dub-like sonic action swooping and fluttering over a rock-solid beat until the bass takes over and the direction becomes clear: FFForward!!!
Side two starts with the appropriately titled 'Dig'. All the elements are in balance and the band are Firing at Full Force. 'Ca' kicks off with horn, static and splash, a classic slow burn taking us up to the final eleven-minute climax of 'Zeta'. This surprisingly exploratory piece doesn't just aim to go out with a bang but takes time to set up new possibilities and juxtapositions, opening new doors right to the end where other lesser bands would already be packing up the scenery.
Recent years have seen ZOFFF reaping acclaim and blown minds wherever they've appeared. Their live album, (last years KOZFEST MMXVI) baring striking testimony to this. With psychedelia an increasingly devalued term, ZOFFF remain the connoisseur's choice. That's ZOFFF with three Fs by the way. We wouldn't want you to forget now...\" Ben Graham, https://zofff.bandcamp.com/album/fff
Mastered by Ron Synovitz with Amak Golden at Golden HIVE Prague studio on the Winter Solstice 2017.
Recorded on the Full Moon March 2017 by Simon Janes at The Homesick Recording Company Hove England.
Released on the Full Moon March 2018.
Released March 31, 2018
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