yawning man has always certainly been on my short list of great instrumental rock outfits, however with this release they've moved upward for sure. to be clear its not that i'm hyper critical of yawning man, its just that the field toward the top is packed with people who have mastered the art of the instrumental trip.
outfits like earthless, karma to burn and sleep are obvious heavy hitters that dwell in this realm, but to be perfectly honest yawning man is a better instrumentalist band than sleep, can chill better than earthless and rocks out longer than karma to burn, there i said it, wanna fight about it?
to each their own of course and again not taking anything from those other outfits, this album live at giant rocks simply blows doors and ups the bar.
where this record deviates a bit from some of the other riff trippers out there is the attention paid to ambiance and the notable lack of overly 'wild' guitars. there's no disturbing freak outs, only pure flow without the tedium that sometimes comes with such productions. in a way the record reminds me of a vox-less symphonic space trip or desert drive literally or through your mind with some assistance from some fungus.
i'm currently on my 3rd play through and i'm still finding things to rave about. the nuance is palpable, one could use this album as a master class on well written and well executed psychedelic riffage of the highest caliber.
one final note on this album, if you're into the some of the 2000s era hardcore you should listen to the final track's chord progressions and harmony parts in the guitars, you'll find the melody seems like its going to build into a screaming break down but the tune just rolls along. yet another example of the complexity of this release, fine work indeed.
get a copy on wax at the end of the month 10/30/20, help these guys
https://yawningman.bandcamp.com/album/yawning-man-live-at-giant-rock
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