Occult architecture - vol. 1

"rbiting a parallel earth, where Spacemen 3 are bigger than the Beatles and no song can legally be shorter than four minutes, are Moon Duo. Over seven years and four albums the Portland pair have rarely wavered in their commitment to exploring the outer edges of space rock and psych, and taking in influences as diverse as Silver Apples and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Their latest effort, Occult Architecture, is a pair of albums inspired by gnostic literature and hidden patterns in the seasons, with Vol 1 thematically exploring darkness, and the follow-up tackling light".

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"This is just Volume 1 of Occult Architecture and it deals with the Yin, or the dark side if you will (the Yang-focused Volume 2 will follow later this year). In many ways, this is the more obvious space for the group to explore, given their penchant for the more frazzled, turbulent end of the psych spectrum, but rarely before have they flirted so openly with the demonic ... Taken together, Occult Architecture is Moon Duo's fourth full studio album and it so far finds them sounding more energised and immediate than ever. The more challenging half of the record may still to be released, but judging by the vibrant band on display on Volume 1, we need not worry".