Polish instrumentalists Moontoy return with their first
official release containing five new tracks that span well over 40 minutes,
which is always a good thing. Recorded at the end of 2019 it appeared on
bandcamp and immediately sparked lots of interest on Facebook groups due to
their long laid back spacey jams.
The drum work at the beginning of Mega Chrabaszcz shows
straight away that the 3 piece know their instruments and as the guitar
meanders through the night sky interlocking with the percussion, you can almost
feel the laid back warmth of the desert. The drums have a jazz swing feel to
them and take the song towards the distance and almost silence before it brings
you back in and the songs most memorable riff hooks you in and repeats itself
again and again, and all three members really let go and rock out. Then almost
instantly they take you back into the wilderness to near silence. As a
reference point, think Yawning Man.
B.C.O is slow, more psychedelic and dreamy and takes you up
passed the stars and out into the cosmos, reminding me of some of the
slower/quieter times of Sungrazer. Again, the drums and bass float in complete
harmony as the guitar work takes you on a warm instrumental journey that could
be endless in time. I will be playing this again and again.
There is more of an atmosphere building in Kosimazaki which
make me think of Colour Haze with how the track is structured. Whether recorded
in a studio or in a live setting, all three members show a real awareness of
each other and how their music keeps evolving.
Swinder has a lot more distortion in the guitar sound at the
beginning and it feels more like a song that vocals would fit with, but not for
long as we are off into jam territory again before the structure of the song
builds and builds back up and evolves into soaring guitars and lots of cymbals
crashing.
You can immerse yourself in the atmospheric warmth of final
track, Miedzygaz. Probably the most laid back song on the album, it picks you
up and as you close your eyes you’re drifting away into another dimension in
time, before everything concludes with a final rock out.
Overall, Moontoy really do shine here with their psychedelic
instrumental jams that travel between the desert and the stars, and I’m really
looking forward to seeing what other trips they will be taking us on in the
future.
The band have released the album digitally and Galactic
SmokeHouse have just pressed a run on CD digipack.
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