Gomer Pyle – Before I Die I…

Gomer Pyle – Before I Die I…

Suburban – 2020

Rock, Stoner, Grunge, Space, Psych

Rated: *****

The February Doom Charts are once again chuck full of amazing albums. But the following was one of my top choices, it’s heavy and it moves you to the core, and we were honored to write the small blub about their new album. The Dutch outfit Gomer Pyle has been around for more than 20 years and has always been known for perfecting the mixture of stoner and grunge. But their second album Idiots Savant from 2009 already added more to that concoction. Psych, Space, you name it, they did it. Musically diverse the tracks became genres upon their own. Slow forward to the summer of 2017. On a festival in Germany, long time friend of the band, label owner, member of Astrosoniq and their booker Bidi, passes away. The news hits like lightning on a bright and clear summer day. This album pays homage to their friend, (hence the name: Before I Die I...) but also to vocalist Mark Brouwer’s father and all the others they lost. It also pays homage to friendship, to love and so much more. In short: it pays homage to this thing called Life. And they do that on nine amazing tracks that all feel like a different kind of canvas; all filled with their brilliant splatters of heavy rock. It’s colorful and all the somber moments are offsets by shimmering and dazzling moments of beauty.

(Written by JK)

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