Deadpeach – The Cosmic Haze And The Human Race

 

 

Deadpeach – The Cosmic Haze And The Human Race
Self released – 2024
Rock, Psych, Proto, Blues, Stoner
Rated: ****

Founded in the year of our Lord 1993, somewhere in the hills surrounding charming Cattolica, Italy, the next door village to noisy Rimini, it’s Deadpeach. The Deadpeach collective always took the time to enjoy the finer things in life, release a single here or a demo there before finally releasing their debut Psycle in 2006. And now, more than thirty years after their inception, we are treated to their fourth full-sized, full-fuzzed record called: The Cosmic Haze And The Human Race. Seven tracks that have that distinctive proto groove going, that warm embracing atmosphere and that lysergic touch to make it easy for you to go with the flow or to drift away entirely. It’s starts with Madras, opening a doorway to the great beyond, and to the albums that came before, all of which featured tracks named after Indian cities. The instruments have this sweaty oriental, dense and high viscose ambience, which rolls out slowly but decidedly and builds until it finally starts to rock. And rock it does, hard and steady, until the vocals turn it into the old school diesel blues power anthem. With high riding guitar freaking taking it all home and towards the second track called: Motor Peach. (Which should be named Motör Peach?) Which is indeed, this motoring, perfect for the road kind of song that opens furiously before slowly turning a more psychedelic corner, majestic bass work complimenting insanely wicked drums and wild guitar playing. Man On The Hill is their seminal proto-blues, early seventies, heartbeat of a song. Taking it all back to the core, and so do the lyrics, taking the listener back to nature, to the important things in life. And then there’s Cerchio, a more subdued psychedelic song, taking cues from krautrock and space, before coming taking its rhythmic approach into hard rock territory, which quickly gives way to this celestial vocalization and rising melody. Which grows and grows, imploring an organ, taking on the appearance of a full orchestra before suddenly disappearing into the void. If only they had let it expand into even more gigantic territory, but perhaps, this is what they will do live. We must make sure to be present as soon as possible. Especially since the following three tracks, have these moments as well, those parts where you could hear the displaying restraint and not exploring certain opportunities even more. Rust for instance with its sunny, groove laden, surf reminiscent break sections, which could have gone on longer. Or the final track Loop (Set The Control To Mother Earth), which seems to surf on the cosmic winds as much as it feels grounded in soil. The two sides of this one track, could serve as a starting point for an entire record. But don’t get me wrong The Cosmic Haze And The Human Race is not lacking anything in any respect. On the contrary, it seems to have inspiration in abundance and wants to share that and all its energy with the listener. All you need to do, is push play and be open for it…  

(Written by JK)

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