from the LP Relatively Clean Rivers, Pacific Records, 1975
There is no greater sating of the music obsessive’s appetite than the discovery of some totally obscure album which completely blows your mind, and thanks to Carlos over at Musicology (obrigado!), this LP easily wins the award for my most thoroughly excellent find of last year---for real, there isn’t a single throwaway here! The wry name alone still makes me chuckle, and the trippy fluorescent LP cover certainly wins some points---shit, I can’t tell you how many albums I bought as a kid based solely upon the artwork on the front, which didn’t always work out to my favor, but it often did. Anyways, the music is what has me hooked here: wind chimes, harmonica, proficient acoustic guitars, sparse drumming, hauntingly scenic melodies; stoned & watching the sunrise from a gulch in the mountains kind of vibe, but not afraid to throw in some very weird effects here and there. To be honest, it would have made more sense to see a late ‘60s release date on this one; it’s almost as if this band just got so high on Nepalese Temple hash that they plainly missed the first part of the decade and only barely got around to recording an album in ’75…who knows. What you can be sure of is that Relatively Clean Rivers will blow your mind if you let them.
from the LP Relatively Clean Rivers, Pacific Records, 1975
