Lords of Bastard – I’m Fun

Lords of Bastard – I’m Fun

Bang Mountain Records – 2015

Rock, Stoner, Psych, Noise, Alternative

Rated: ****

With their new EP I’m Fun the Lords Of Bastard take it up a notch! We sure as hell dug their 2012 album Cuddles. We dug their haunting gibberish that was comprised out of new age sludge, grungy heaviness, wrestling noise and stomps of stoner. It was altogether eerie and aimed to create worlds for your ears and eyes. On the new four track EP they manage not only to create worlds or build cathedrals. Hell, they build entire universes and grand, mediocre and dubious civilizations. As opener Feel The Woosh starts you think, yes, we have lift off, we are back on the Lords of Bastard trip. But with Enter The Woo Tang they manage to envelop you whole and keep tumbling you over and over and over without making you nauseated. It has you soaring high for sure! The following two tracks have you touch down on another planet where time has stood still, revisiting two old tracks from their debut album but in a different kandy-kolored-coat. Heady, growling and mystical, tricking you into believing. Believing the Lords of Bastard are bigger than them all!

(Written by JK)

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Lords of Bastard – Cuddles

Lords of Bastard – Cuddles

Bang Mountain Records – 2012

Rock, Stoner, Sludge, Grunge, Noise

Rated: ****

The nowadays four Scottish freaks from Lords of Bastard have released their sophomore album called Cuddles and aptly describe it as ‘haunting gibberish’. But instead of it being unintelligible rock’n roll chatter; it’s actually an only seemingly chaotic journey to places where no man has gone before. And through that endless void, apart from all the rocks, debris and asteroids, we travel with them in heart and sound and after time make sense of it all. For this is a trip best not taken alone. This is new age sludge mixed with a bit of heavy grunge, noise and stoner; but with an ever-present twist. They propel their chucking riffs, hacking rhythms and viscose vocals with otherworldly keys and with an equally eerie atmosphere all around. And the apparent whimsical nature of the songs only lasts for a turn or two after which the new empire becomes visible. The Lords have built a new cathedral!

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Lords of Bastard - Eggs Any Style

Lords of Bastard - Eggs Any Style

Look at this masterful piece of art and understand and know and feel how to interpret that magic that the Lords of Bastard do. They do not only discover new worlds; they colonize and build new empires. Wait till you hear their cathedral!