CCQueen – Helen

 

CCQueen – Helen
Self-released – 2024
Rock, Prog, Stoner
Rated: ****

We’ve been lucky enough to have been aware of CCQueen’s existence for quite some time and have been listening to their Nancy EP and Scavenger album ever since they came out. But then the Bordeaux, France troupe served us with their damn fine Electric Kisses single and the cover for Pink Floyd’s Another Brick In The Wall. Two tracks that became household repeats. Especially since they promised to deliver more in the form of an EP called Helen. We needed to be ready for that one. Well, here it is, featuring those two tracks and two more called Helen and Preach. Released on December 1st, third track Preach has a pressurized and proggy build-up, turning it slowly into a steamy and spirited sermon. Delivering the holy riffs in fine whirling fashion, harrying becomes hypnotizing, and we can only hope it will continue even longer and become even wilder when performed live. Helen opens with a female voice telling us it was merely a dream and we should wake u. Folky for starters, a quirky transition, and then comes the rumble. All sections translating perfectly the craziness that resides within the man obsessed with a woman, driving him slowly insane. CCQueen never focuses on rifferama, instead opting to change compositions and expectations whenever the feel like it, giving you loads of exciting avenues to discover. And these two new tracks, and heck, the entire EP are proof of that once again…

(Written by JK)

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