Goat – Commune (Vinyl)

Vinyl LP – silver/red swirl vinyl

Swedish psychedelic rock troupeGOATannihilate the usual expectations surrounding the difficult second album with the bigger and bolder cosmos ofCommune. Ricocheting off the unanimous acclaim of their debut LP World Music – to say nothing of their earned star reputation for putting on a killer live show – the Korpilombolo bunch double down on their fuzzed-out riffs and modern ritualist practices.

Opener Talk to God begins with precisely this sense of holy ceremony, as singing bowls chime in reverent reception of whip-smart highlife licks and a thunderous drum-bass dialogue. Goatchild and Goatslaves sees paces and heart-rates quicken in the tumult of percussive hypnotism and fuzz-wah punctuations with extra-dimensional force.

As if an amplification of their sonic fervour wasnt enough,CommunefindsGOATwidening their scope to greet the universe with open arms, contradiction and all – life and death, dark and light – as were told on To Travel the Path Unknown: there is only one true meaning with life / and that is to be a positive force in the constant creation of evolution.GOATsend their message of oneness home with blistering closerGathering of Ancient Tribes, a riotous six-plus minute fireball which ends whereCommunebegan with the same singing bowl chimes, forming the run-time of the LP into a perfect circle.

Tracklisting

1. Talk To God
2. Words
3. The Light Within
4. To Travel The Path Unknown
5. Goatchild
6. Goatslaves
7. Hide From The Sun
8. Bondye
9. Gathering Of Ancient Tribes