Order the LP, digipak CD or digital download at:
https://mammatus.bandcamp.com/album/sparkling-waters
Heavy space rock outsiders Mammatus return with their fourth
album, and their most ambitious to date.
Sparkling Waters is a double
LP featuring four multi-movement pieces, each designed to recalibrate the
shanga array in your mind. In order to
achieve the highest levels of sensatory clarity, the group enlisted Phil Manley
(Trans Am, Life Coach) as their guiding light throughout the studio
production. As a result these tracks
shimmer with a far out, casual glow, like an aural reflection of a Risan steam
pool.
On Sparkling Waters,
Mammatus expand upon the astral grooves and heady riffs of their previous
compositions and set a course for the furthest horizon. Celestial arpeggiations of electric guitar
ricochet infinitely across vast expanses of cosmic debris. Heavy riffs thunder with a rhythmic groove,
like the exploding coast of Ornia spoken of in days past. Pastoral passages of mellow, slow burning
psychedelia give way to Native American flute melodies and the chanting of
spiritual incantations filtered through canyons of delay. Heavenly dual guitar leads soar like a hawk
gliding over a mountainside redwood canopy.
Radiant synthesizers harmonize to create a shape shifting formation of
ambient space that envelops the rock and in some places completely takes
over.
Sparkling Waters is
bound to appeal to a wide range of discerning listeners, as it incorporates
elements of heavy riff rock, prog, and breath metal while it also features the
enhancing sonic textures of kosmische sound coloration, soaring synth leads,
and astral voyages through deep space.
This amalgamation of tones is presented in a way that is wholly
original, casting Mammatus as the solitary practitioners of a unique sound that
was invented with the express purpose of making you feel.....shanga. So breathe deeply, strap on those headphones,
drop the needle, and get far out.
The double gatefold LP will be released on November 20th, 2015
The double gatefold LP will be released on November 20th, 2015