FRANTIC-CONCEPTION-

This American outfit came together in the mid ´60s and they travelled the great nation in the west and released this highfuelled Hard/Blues/psych/Prog rock album in 1970. A hard mix with great attitude but a severe fail to pinpoint a clear direction with their music, leaves this album with some mysterious questionmarks.

The production is timetypical with a bit of bite towards the guitars and leaving the drums and for that matter, the whole rhythm section in a a backdraft with little impact on the drive and share force. Some tunes are covers on contemporary hitsongs and you can have more than one opinion about the “Hey Joe” massacre. All in all the whole album brings out a feeling of heavy machinery on full throttle…. A bit distorted power input!! 🙂

Whatabout the drummer, Phil “Gordo” Head??  This fellow do possess the gift of personal impact and got some real nice striking abilities. To bad the production of the album don´t bring in the drums to a more dominant position. The technical skills are there but it is the drive and funky playing style that perhaps collects the points on this album. A great effort!! 🙂

Well, if you´re in for the Hard/Blues/Psych/Prog style from the beginning of 1970 this is a true contender in the obscure department. Few albums got the soundframe and cool audioeffects attached to the songs. Great issues are out there for little more then the avarage record but this is such an unusual album that it is worth every penny. The more spins on the turntable the more you will dig it…Not bad at all….The experience only grows stronger with a cold beer in comfortable reach… 🙂

VINYLRATING/GRADE

-6-GOOD!- WORTH BUYING-