Artist : Naam
Album : Vow
Bitrate : 846 kbps
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Source : CD (LP)
Label : Teepee Records
Year : 2013
Genre : Alternative
Rip date : 2013-07-20
Store date : 2013-06-04
Encoder : FLAC 1.2.1
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1. Silent Call 1:41
2. Vow 4:50
3. In And Thru 1:00
4. Pardoned And Pleasure 5:02
5. Laid To Rest 1:49
6. Brightest Sight 0:45
7. On The Hour 3:43
8. Skyscrapper 2:59
9. Midnight Glow 5:11
10. Beyond 8:11
11. Adagio 2:22
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37:33
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Brooklyn psychedelic warriors Naam meld the unpredictability of a bad mushroom
trip with total control of musical mastery on their second album, Vow. Their
take on what they label "modern psychedelia" is a dark, sometimes gruesome
one, but one so studied and deliberate that, even at its most wild and raging,
the band has every element of its songs reined in perfectly. Dipping toes in
biker rock, elements of prog, and even a more groove-heavy version of drone
and shoegaze, the tracks on Vow melt into each other organically for the most
part. The title track that begins the album falls somewhere between Black
Sabbath's moments of lurching funk and the strung-out repetition of Spacemen
3. For a lot of heavier bands, it's a fine line between Black Sabbath and
Monster Magnet, and Naam always stay on the more purposeful, less cartoonish
Sabbath side of things, keeping things evil with heavy bashing rockers like
"Midnight Glow" and getting into the ominous spectral trippiness of something
like "Planet Caravan" on the mellower but equally terror-filled "Skyscraper."
The group isn't strictly influenced by early metal, though. Traces of
atmospheric soundtrack work come through on the slowed-down drums and
subliminal voices of interlude "In and Thru," evoking the work of Goblin on
Dario Argento's classic horror soundtracks. Vocalist Ryan Lee Lugar has the
same blown-out rasp in his voice as Mudhoney's Mark Arm, injecting just a
touch of grunge into the fuzzy guitars and bitter organ wailing. Not
surprising from a band that once released a 7" of Nirvana covers. Between the
doomy moods and powerful riffing, Naam carve out a sound that stands apart
from any number of their lazier psych rock contemporaries, with just the right
combination of spaced out and sharply focused.