Greenleaf – The Head & The Habit

 

 

Greenleaf – The Head & The Habit
Magnetic Eye Records – 2024
Stoner Rock
Rated: *****

How do they do it? And how long can they keep doing it? For everyone that might have been a little worried about what the stunning new Dozer album Drifting In The Endless Void from 2023 might mean for the side-project that Greenleaf originally was, have no fear, you can rest easy, there’s already a new Greenleaf album for you to enjoy! Their former Echoes From A Mass album from 2021 felt like the perfection of the sound the band had been searching for since its formation back in 1999. Especially after vocalist Arvid Hällagård joined the band back in 2014. Ten years later, The Head & The Habit is full album number nine and the fifth with Hällagård. Soundwise the albums feels like a continuation of that perfect and incredibly groovy stonerrock sound they achieved on Echoes. Lyrically, Hällagård responsible for the lyrics, found inspiration in his other job, helping people in mental difficulties and addictive forms of dependancy. It gives the album more gravity and those swirling, addictive vocals, show us that Hällagård, like the other four, is the most important part of Greenleaf. Indeed, every single member is the most important one and it feels like Greenleaf cannot exist without them anymore. Singular in delivery and presence, the four are more than their number. A stand-out band that continues to deliver outstanding albums!

(Written by JK)

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