ECSTATIC VISION
Elusive Mojo
HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS Philadelphia’s cosmic jam crew rev up their engines
Philadelphia’s frenetic psych rock voyagers return with their fourth studio campaign – seven highenergy freakouts, bursting with all the druggy, spacedout jamming you’ve come to expect. There’s little question that The Kenzo Shake, with its superfuzz riffs and skyscraping solos, will absolutely smoke in a live setting. Driven by a mesmerising tempo and cortex-scraping saxophone solo, Times Up (sic) feels like Monster Magnet and Morphine making a blood pact while tripping on mescaline. At times the improvisational elements feel a bit overindulgent, casting a generic pall across tracks like Venom. Overall, however, EV’s latest effort convincingly bottles the cosmic vibes of a revved-up psychedelic shakedown.