The
long awaited second album from Atlanta's TSROS. Mixes psych-rock with
middle eastern scales and rhythms in a most appealing way!
I first became aware of
TSROS when they featured on Fruits De Mer Records' recent 7&7
Is box set of 7” singles covering The Grateful Dead. They were
good at that but what's more of a revelation is the band doing their
own material. Ormythology is the band's second full length
album, several years in the making, self released on a lovingly
hand-stamped CD. It contains a pleasing mix of what some people call
college rock and music of an altogether more Byzantine/Arabesque
nature.
Album opener “Burning
A Hole” contains Nirvana-esque melodies, lyrics of a decidedly 1967
vintage (“cellophane sunflowers, what do you think about time?”)
before nutmegging listeners with killer guitar solos that owe more to
Turkish or Greek music than that of your more traditional guitar
heroes. This is quickly followed by “Teli, Teli, Teli”, an
instrumental which ups the Byzantine ante with guitar flights of
fancy that both stretch out and wig-out in equal measure.
“Time To Fly” is a
more straight ahead Anglo-American rocker, which brings to mind
Teenage Fanclub or The Byrds, characterised by sumptuous vocal
harmonies, and power-pop chord progressions. There's still room for
the lead guitar to surprise and take the song somewhere new. Time To
Fly indeed!
It's refreshing to know
that some bands do look beyond the much mined seams of Hendrix, Page
et al for their inspiration. Time signatures look beyond the usual
rock-fayre, and the melodies are equally at home in a souk or incense
filled temple as they are in a western rock venue. A cliche-free and
illuminating experience is guaranteed for all who are adventurous
enough to listen!
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