Lucifer Baby – The Walls / The Spell

Lucifer Baby – The Walls / The Spell

Mushcream Records – 2014

Rock, Hard, Seventies, Psych

Rated: ****

A new drummer and a new name. Austrian trio Cachimbo De Paz smoked their last pipe a while back and then started a new unholy fire and growled out loud: Lucifer Baby! And with this new identity comes new music, a seven inch named The Walls / The Spell is out there; looking to kick up dust and wreak havoc. And where Cachimbo was all about the groove, the fuzz and its sunny side their new incarnation is darker and sounds more evil. In part due to the vocals; which are even browner and perhaps weirder. It’s the voice we also heard in the Cachimbo track Stare Into The Sun. There it took a moment getting used to; and on the new single it is wilder a little less growly and it makes The Walls close in even faster. And then there’s that second voice in the back during the ‘hey Lucifer’ chorus; I would definitely love to have that explored more. It sounds haunting and excellent. Even so; the vocals are only used to ride the waves of a rattling bass and drums that can fill every little gap just as easy as letting the compositions breathe. It gives these songs a blueish color; something melancholic or mournful at times or gives it the speed and weight to have you live in the moment and forget your troubles. Which is exactly what the guitar does as well; it is also the instrument that tries to let a little light in when it all becomes too gloomy. Lucifer Baby, they make you crazy baby…

(Written by JK)

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Cachimbo De Paz – Use The Fuzz

Cachimbo De Paz – Use The Fuzz
Self released – 2012
Rock, Stoner, Groove
Rated: ****

Cachimbo de Paz also hails from the dark and bloody grounds of Austria but is completely different from Parasol Caravan. Both play music that borders on the general stoner and pure rock area. But where Parasol Caravan plays more in the vein hard and southern rock styled music, Cachimbo de Paz plays groove rock that reminds of doom and sludge though never gets that dark. Their airy and light version of the evil rock is filled with fuzzed out guitars and amazing basswork. They seem to have a special talent for incorporating small influences from surf and even African or Arabian music. Though the sudden change in vocals in Stare Into The Sun from low and clean to even lower, gritty and grimy comes as a surprise and takes a moment getting used to. But once the coin drops you will seer with these guys. And if this Use The Fuzz album was meant as a contest, which it isn't; Cachimbo De Paz uses the fuzz more. But it might be best to just let them both do their own guitar talking in a venue near you…

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