(Heavy Psychedelic/Space Rock) Smoking Spore - 2009 - Conversations in D-Minor, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Rating 3.44 from 30 ratings RYM

"Like a quartet of characters from some undiscovered Dr. Seuss book, Houston-based SMOKING SPORE skips, jumps, waddles, and trips their way through completely improvised psychedelic epics. The band refuses to write, relying only on instinctive short-term memory to weave a different sonic composition every time they play. To solidify the experience, they film bizarre local phenomena and air them via projector during concerts.
Their debut effort 'Conversations In D-Minor' (2009 on Ground Sloth) was recorded in less than two hours. The album contains the entire second jam session, recorded live-in-studio. It melts seventies-inspired acid rock with Southern stoner grooves, infectious guitar melodies, piercing feedback, and modern effect-laden ambience. Since their debut, the band has incorporated a hearty buffet of new effects, an old organ, and some home-made oddities that look like they came from a mid-sixties sci-fi flick."
PA

"Undoubtedly, this album will occupy the prized space between my Earthless, Mammatus, Sun Ra, Hendrix and Ash Ra Tempel albums. If you're even remotely interested in those bands, there's no reason why you should deprive yourself of this furious piece of work. This material is a perfect example of the kraut rock in the early seventies: artistic freedom featuring many drug-inspired experimentations. Crushing liquid guitar solos by Beau Jackson and Brandon Bowers are mixed with a dynamic rhythm-section by Brendon Thompson and Billy Sullivan to move these four pieces through several dramatic and powerful moods. There’s enough acid melting sounds cascading throughout the tracks to keep your ears occupied for quite a long time (74min). I’m not sure but I guess these jams are recorded in one take due to the live flow and the no nonsense sound. Smoking Spore score very high on the psychedelic rock meter."
Concrete Web

"This is a damn cool new band from Texas! This four piece really lay down some cool psychedelic acid rock, with dual psychedelic guitars and long spaced out instrumental jams. The CD was totally improvised in the studio with no overdubs or as the band states, “frivolous foolery”. The opening of the CD is some loud, in your face distorted guitar before the band takes off into a long track featuring a lot of cool guitar solos and nice spacey second guitar as well. Heavy acid rock stuff with some outerspace delay guitar at times. "Hard Drive Explosion" is next and is quite short (this is what they could salvage due to a sample rate error) after the 17 minute opening jam track. It is a more laid back and spacey sound to start but builds up nicely with dueling solo guitars. "Toad Patrol" starts off with a hard rocking stoner rock riff as this track takes you “out there” for 30 minutes of instrumental soloing and riff rock and spaced out sounds. The CD ends with 22 minute track, "Brassica". It is a bit more moody to start but more of the same, long nicely played solo guitar excursions to another universe. Fans of Samsura Blues Experiment and Outskirts of Infinity will dig this band. A pretty cool debut if you like long jammed out guitar solo acid stoner rock, like I do!"
Lowcut

"Smoking Spore is a band from Houston, Texas, formed in 2008 by four friends who just got together to simply jam, initially without the purpose of making a band. On the second rehearsal, they decided to record the whole thing which by the way was released on their debut and only album 'Conversations In D-Minor', on Ground Sloth, their own record label. They also don't compose anything, they just step into the studio or climb up the stage and start to jam around and it is worth mentioning that their debut album recording was practically left the way it was recorded. They jam nearly in the same way of bands like Earthless or Tia Carrera, making use of many different effects and distortions. Highly recommended for psyche and krautrock freaks and we are expecting for a second album the soonest possible!"
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Brendon Thompson - bass
Billy Sullivan - drums
Beau Jackson - guitar
Brandon Bowers - guitar