LáGoon – Skullactic Visions

 

 

LáGoon – Skullactic Visions
Interstellar Smoke Records / Forbidden Place Records – 2021
Rock, Doom, Garage, Punk, Psych, Skate, Fuzz, Stoner, Metal
Rated: *****

The two that turned into three stayed LáGoon and became it even more. For the sound on their new album Skullactic Visions seems to be taking on its definite doom garage signature. Creepy vocals with psychedelic effects were always one of the elements that set LáGoon apart, but they’re now taking center stage on certain tracks, like the title track for instance and that lovely first shot of the album: Cold Smoke. A fast paced opener that riffs and roars and has wild face melting guitar solos to complement that eerie voice. A fade-out takes us into Beyond The Trees, the utmost doom track of the seven, which starts with an ominous riff before the garage sounding drums add its layer. The speed-up towards the end shows once again that LáGoon takes no prisoners and follows no rules but their own, and you will therefor never know what kind of heaviness might be lurking just around the corner. One of the most alluring and enticing tracks might be the one minute fourth effort called Buried; which might be viewed as an interlude or an unfinished wild idea. Perhaps the three goons have decide to only play that one out in full whenever they perform live? A blasting drum march with an intense menacing atmosphere. Which continues throughout the rest of the album, which sends you off with a proper sleazy instrumental last track called Final Ride. A finale if ever there was one. Slow in delivery, but decisively so. Like a sun setting over a ruined wasteland and giving you a vision of those last final glimmers of light hitting bone…

(Written by JK)

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