Da Captain Trips 'Adventures in the Upside Down' (Heavy Space Psych)
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Published 2018-06-07
Da Captain Trips have always been a band not constrained by one single approach to music making, they incorporate many different styles, genres etc in their output making them always interesting and always worth checking out. 'Adventures In The Upside Down' is no different - taking in psychedelia, Space Rock, Prog, krautrock and even surf and, all in all, a damn fine listen!
'The Calm And The Storm' opens the album with a long, drawn out drone and some electronic effects before a lonesome guitar is heard over the drone - it's all very melancholic and sounding distinctly nautical, with a 'twanging' downbeat surfy vibe. The track opens up to become a motoring psych/space rock number with flashes of kosmische electronica under the guitar. 'Manta' has an intro that reminded me of the 'Knightrider' theme - random I know!. However, it immediately transforms into another chuggin' track with more than a hint of krautrock about it...so far, so great. 'Revelation' is something different altogether....the twang heard in the first track returns with vengeance...a trippy, surf vibe is built, like Jan and Dean on acid, broken only by passages of more cosmic electronica and jazzy psych with saxophone courtesy of Lee Relfe from Sendelica. It's a great track that leaves the listener wondering where things are going next.
'Dear Zahdia' has a very retro feel about it, the vibe is very seventies with flashes of prog, mainly due to the organ sounding synth work. As the track travels it's course things become heavier and far more psych. 'Trespasses Bay - Peaceful Place' is the longest and most complex of the tracks. It has again that wonderful twang guitar giving it a surf feel and, like the previous track, it does have a proggy feel at times but in the main it is a slowburning, psychedelic meander, chocked full of atmosphere and plenty of reverb. The last section has some great electronica that once again takes us back to the seventies.
The album is brought to a close by 'Mother Earth'...starting with some bucolic guitar that is bordering on folk, it is an initially pastoral track that shows another side to the band - a side that is not afraid to eschew their psychedelic musings for something more introspective and contemplative... for a while at least..it blossoms into a superlative jam as it nears the end of it's ten minute length. 'Adventures In The Upside Down' is a great album, full of invention and wonder - taking different aspects of the 'psych' world and mixing them to form an album that is actually remarkably restful and evocative. It is still as trippy as hell in places but, maybe more than their other recordings, more reliant on technique and craft rather than all out jamfests. It is, in short, a 'grown up' album.
Review from Dayzofpurpleandorange dayzofpurpleandorange.blogspot.com/2017/04/review-…
1. The Calm And The Storm - 0:00
2. Manta - 6:04
3. Revelation - 11:01
4. Dear Zahdia - 18:00
5. Trepasses Bay - 23:48
6. Peaceful Place - 28:48
7. Mother Earth - 35:22
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All Comments (21)
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This is my new musical influence . Thank you Stoned Meadow of Doom for showing me Da Captain Tripps 😊
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This is my second "Da Captain Trips" album and it's just as awesome as the first one. Holy Hashmobile, Batman!
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КЛАСНИЙ АЛЬБОМ. МОЛОДЦl. ЩИРО ДЯКУЮ.
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I smoked and cleaned the bathroom while listening to this. It was quite a journey!
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Modern day composers rule. This is absolutely genius
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this album was selected for me, this album is a nice blend of moods and vibes, in a boat riding the tide of highs, pretty baked, not gonna lies
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5 years after this came out, i still go back to this, those melodies and grooves are so cool
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Fall in love with this music 🧚♀️💚
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Jamming this while trimming some buds on a beautiful Saturday morning. paradise. thank you stoned meadow!
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very very good band.............................................................................................................................................................................................
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Great fireside album!
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What a beautiful day to have stumbled upon some magic.
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An Excellent atmospheric stoner work for the community. Blessings for the channel, the groups, heir record managment, and the community. Hail Thee Eternal Heavy 🔥
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This is a band? ..fuck man. Talk about name dropping. The fact that this music and the album art lives up to the legendary nature of the context.. I'm very impressed. I want this on vinyl.
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Great start, new find, fully listened to, thank you.
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I love this album, it never gets old
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this is so beautiful, thanks from brasil 🥰
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Just awesome and I am also one of those people that realised ONLY AFTER A WHILE - that is an actual BAND..... Making it 1000% more impressive. Damn man.
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Love the channel, it opened me up to some great new music, thank you!
