Suns Of Thyme

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Fortune, Shelter, Love And Cure
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Friday, July 12, 2013
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This Berlin based quartet consisting of singer/ guitarist Tobias Feltes, guitarist Tim Hoppe, bassist/ backing singer Jens Rosenkranz, and drummer/ backing singer Jascha Kreft was started in 2011, and now bring us  their debut album, which displays music ranging from Kraut Rock influenced songs to dreamy fluttering ballads, and vast meditative mantric tunes (“Asato Maa” being the perfect example for that). In essence, the word “psychedelic” is the centerpiece here!

It's no surprise that they knew to attract the attention of German label Electric Magic Records (who have been supporting the underground scene there since 2006, first starting with a magazine named Generated X, which had to be stopped in early 2011 due to lack of time, and then by putting out vinyl and CDs of only high-quality bands, these including re-releases of older material by Samsara Blues Experiment, House Of Aquarius, Terraplane...and albums of new material by Heat, This Is Ghost County, Soulitude, and now Suns Of Thyme), being interested mainly in the goings-on of bands in the Psychedelic/ Retro/ Stoner/ Fuzz/ Heavy and Doom Rock. I'm not sure however, whether the release of a first single (the track “Soma (God For Gods)”) came before or after the label's interest. One thing's for sure: théy did not release it!

As an indicator as to whom might like the music of SoT, the label mentions people who're already fans of the likes of The Black Angels, Tame Impala, and The Verve, but personally I would go far beyond that somewhat limited range...as I feel this is music which àny fan of either góód music and/or Psychedlia might like very much indeed! Still, being into a band's music can be a very personal matter, so in order to find out whether you actually like SoT, the band made it possible for us all to listen to àll 10 songs on Bandcamp (find link via the band's own website (www.) sunsofthyme.de – actually, there's a possibility to listen to some audio in the “Music” section there, but you need an updated PC in order to be able to do that).

Oh crap...I almost forgot to mention, that the foursome was helped out on the album by Medusas Eco tambourine, keyboards), Owen Roberts (clarinet), and Lisa Maul (some backing vocals). More importantly, the album is available in both CD and vinyl form!

92/100