Lilacs and Champagne - Danish & Blue (2013)

The second release from Emil Amos & Alex Hall from grails. These guys produce sophisticated trip-hop moody, psychedelic, and sometimes sleazy.  Think 60's B-grade cop love drama with some occult sacrifices thrown in. I personally think these guys have found more of their own voice since their self titled release. Smoooooooth.

Danish & Blue

Tracklist

1. Metaphysical Transitions 

2. Sour/Sweet

3. La Grand

4. Better Bewere

5. Alone Again And...

6. Police Story

7. Hamburgers & Tangerines 

8. Honest Man

9. Refractory Period 

10. Danish & Blue

11. Metaphysical Transitions II

Lilacs & Champagne - Lilacs & Champagne (2012)

Lilacs & Champagne is the side project of psychedelic dub rock artists Alex Hall and Emil Amos (Grails). Lilacs & Champagne isn't entirely a new sound for these guys but more of a longevity and exploration of psychedelic soundtrack music of 60's and 70's cinema. This new release is a sample based trip-hop experience with deep reverb occult textures that set sail in the desert plaines of your mind. awesome. 

Lilacs & Champagne

Tracklist:

1. Everywhere, Everyone

2. Lilacs

3. Nice Man

4. Sensations

5. Battling the City

6. Corridors of Power II

7. King Of Kings

8. Laid Fucking Back

9. Moroccan Handjob

10. Midnight Creeper

11. Listener X

Grails - Deep Politics (2011)

After a week of listening to math rock and metal I think its time for something a little bit more mellow. For a band that has been together for 12 years and released 12 recordings with another one due in a few months, Grails would have to be one of the hardest working bands around. these guys sound like a musical dedication to psychotic thriller films of the 60's and 70's, with eastern influenced aggressive jams and extended solos.  Parts of Deep Politics kinda come off a little bit cheesy at times compared to their much darker Black Tar Prophecies series but but there is a charm which Grails holds true to themselves and that is generally being the bee's knees of psychedelic rock. 

Deep Politics

Tracklist:

1. Future Primitive

2. All The Colors Of The Dark

3. Corridors Of Power

4. Deep Politics

5. Daughters Of Bilitis

6. Almost Grew My Hair

7. I Led Three Lives

8. Deep Snow