Capturing the full authentic fuzz of psychedelic rock that’s loaded with layers, distortion, colours and optimism, Casiocenz fires up a brand new, almost-self-titled-album, with the beautifully immersive sonic experience that is Mind Grapes.
Featuring reverb-kissed vocal echoes of short lines that softly pierce through the spaces in between the soundscape, Mind Graes is a sensational listen, boldly original and carefully blending inherent good vibes with something clearly more conceptual and passionate that stays with you.
The album continues to utilise these experimental textures in a way that’s always engaging, the brief-ness and intrigue of Transmission leading well into the post-six-minute vastness of Mr. Tax Man, and always we get this energy and these ideas, a kind of thoughtfulness countered by sheer performative vibrancy, for a level of contrast that’s rather magical to experience at volume.
From the mysterious and playful, to the outright anthemic and even operatic rock-like – synth-soaked power-pop tracks like Hot Stuff, the rising anticipation of a rather haunting Who Will Save My Soul, and the unfiltered quirks and free-flowing design of a boldly unique Human Person – you never know what to expect, but it’s always something that strangely feeds into the freedom and alternative depth of Casiocenz as a gripping modern artist.
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