Review: Hetouht – Kinetic EP

Hetouht have been around for some time now and over the last 12 months have dropped a couple of singles (Agavaceae and Ocean Sunset Man), longer EP’s (29.5 and A.Hoag) and various improvised jams and live performances on YouTube, that keep the listener on their toes as you never quite know what instrumental psych mind waves they are going to be jamming out next.

Like the last few releases, their 2 track Kinetic release just appeared the other morning and after only a couple of listens, I’m already hooked on what is probably their finest release yet.

Moving Grass strums in with a raw almost jangling guitar over some outer space electronic sounds that have me thinking of Kings of Frog Island. As it builds the guitar becomes thicker and fuzzier before walking off into the improvised minds of the band members. Throughout, it dives back and forth before the guitar work takes over and just as you think everything is about to take off, the sound of water brings you back to Earth. I think this when jammed live could last a lot longer.

Schoffer feels like more of a space rock epic with instruments bent to the far reaches of what they were built to do. The track builds like a journey off into the night sky heading towards the outer atmosphere, the percussion moving at an ever building pace with guitars soaring then fuzzing then taking you beyond the beyond. 

You forget that all of this is made by only 2 members who have a magical connection between them and improvise live what many a band would love to be able to do.

I really urge you to dig through their YouTube channel to discover a wide range of improvisations and jams that they have recorded in the studio as well as live. If you love instrumental stoner, desert, space and psych then this is for you. I can’t get enough of this at the moment and can see Hetouht spreading their kinetic waves much further in the near future.

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