Abanamat – Abominat

 

 

Abanamat – Abominat
Interstellar Smoke Records – 2025
Rock, Stoner, Psych, Prog
Rated: ****

They surfaced with their second release exactly one month ago. Abominat is Berlin based foursome Abanamat’s next dive for Interstellar Smoke Records, the successor to their well received 2023 debut. And the psych-prog quartet open the record by sinking the listener straight into deep waters. Longest track Dream Of The Fisherman’s wife unfurls like a slow current, its guitars drifting in gentle arcs while the band quickly establishes a fully immersive, largely instrumental ecosystem. Vocals, appear only as brief flashes of bioluminescence throughout the album, present for a moment and then gone, just gently guiding the flow and never anchoring anything down. 

Descending down the track list, we continue with Blue Yonder and the opener’s tidal sway before breaking into a proggy quick-moving eddy. Vocals shooting like a ripple across the surface, vanishing as the song returns to a shimmering calm. A thicker tonal pressure and equally wider meditative drift spurs Carpet Denim on, with a solo that delivers the grandiose white water splash before plunging back into heavier reefs, hinting at a surge that my burst through at any moment. 

And that lure, that siren’s call, is always there. The idea that something dangerous and wild might be lurking underneath it all. Murky waters, with bubbling percussion or brightening waves that progress until a lively swell built on muscular groove and far reaching guitar patterns takes shape. Instrumental depths that shine with color or a forceful churning that builds until a last crash awaits before a grand finale…

And grand it is, the closing track, with Earthless’ Isaiah  Mitchell on guitar, and a solo that spirals like a majestic whirlpool at album’s end. Like the fabled world’s end, pushing the boundaries of what came before and of the album’s final plunge. For it feels like that one final push, shove and jump from the towering cliffs. It’s exhilarating! And after expanding their sonic ocean, exploring new trenches, new colors and pressure zones this Abominat record is the treasure of legend they delved. And only extremely wild currents or desperate earthquakes, can shake the foundation that Abanamat has built, with only two albums. Amazing!

(Written by JK)

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